The Afterworld

COVID-19 sparked the largest global crisis of the 21st century, extending well beyond public health. For some, the impact was swift and dramatic, with the pandemic pushing tens of millions into poverty and creating extreme food insecurity; for others, the transformations are still bubbling under the...

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description COVID-19 sparked the largest global crisis of the 21st century, extending well beyond public health. For some, the impact was swift and dramatic, with the pandemic pushing tens of millions into poverty and creating extreme food insecurity; for others, the transformations are still bubbling under the surface. Efforts to arrest the spread of COVID-19 entailed far-reaching forms of government intervention and the extensive use of new technologies. Questions thus remain as to whether the societal changes brought about by COVID-19 will endure in the post-pandemic period. The return of geopolitics, along with the war in Ukraine and tensions in Asia, have further complexified an already complex global situation.Since March 2020, there has been an explosion of analyses about the short-term impacts and future global consequences of COVID-19. Parallels to the 1930s collapse of Europe have been made, as recounted by Stefan Zweig in his famous memoir, The World of Yesterday. While most commentators are pessimistic, some are looking for positive change. Faced with this unprecedented crisis, we have been propelled to think about how, in the “next world,” we can strengthen economic prosperity, social justice, the environment, gender relations, public health, and political institutions—or at least ensure that these features of our world do not continue to deteriorate.In The Afterworld, 50 professors from four Montreal universities, among the foremost experts in their fields, propose progressive, pragmatic, and social science-based ideas with the potential to improve international cooperation, security, human rights, and sustainable prosperity beyond the pandemic.
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-1714942026-02-12T10:33:02Z The Afterworld Welsh, Jennifer Mérand, Frédéric Gagnon, Alain Amiraux, Valérie Amicelle, Anthony Arel-Bundock, Vincent Assche, Ari Van Béland, Daniel Benyekhlef, Karim Brawley, Mark R. Christians, Allison Caouette, Dominique Chung, Ryoa Fournier, Philippe Eliadis, Pearl Druetz, Thomas Dietsch, Peter Dembińska, Magdalena David, Pierre-Marie Crépeau, François Furstenberg, François Gilabert, Pablo Hodges, Timothy Jegen, Maya Johnson, Juliet McLauchlin, Theodore Kuhonta, Erik Martinez Iniesta, María Martín de Almagro Martin-Brûlé, Sarah-Myriam King, Nicholas Leroux, Justin Lachapelle, Erick Martin, Pierre Mégret, Frédéric Milton, Cynthia Monnais, Laurence Novak, Christian Paquet, Mireille Pelc, Krzysztof Paul, T.V. Pineau, Pierre-Olivier Pouliot, Vincent Provost, René Seymour, Lee Soehl, Thomas Sondarjee, Maïka Vives, Luna Thérien, Jean-Philippe Tanner, Samuel Ven, Hamish van der Zahar, Marie-Joëlle Political Science / International Relations / General thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPS International relations COVID-19 sparked the largest global crisis of the 21st century, extending well beyond public health. For some, the impact was swift and dramatic, with the pandemic pushing tens of millions into poverty and creating extreme food insecurity; for others, the transformations are still bubbling under the surface. Efforts to arrest the spread of COVID-19 entailed far-reaching forms of government intervention and the extensive use of new technologies. Questions thus remain as to whether the societal changes brought about by COVID-19 will endure in the post-pandemic period. The return of geopolitics, along with the war in Ukraine and tensions in Asia, have further complexified an already complex global situation.Since March 2020, there has been an explosion of analyses about the short-term impacts and future global consequences of COVID-19. Parallels to the 1930s collapse of Europe have been made, as recounted by Stefan Zweig in his famous memoir, The World of Yesterday. While most commentators are pessimistic, some are looking for positive change. Faced with this unprecedented crisis, we have been propelled to think about how, in the “next world,” we can strengthen economic prosperity, social justice, the environment, gender relations, public health, and political institutions—or at least ensure that these features of our world do not continue to deteriorate.In The Afterworld, 50 professors from four Montreal universities, among the foremost experts in their fields, propose progressive, pragmatic, and social science-based ideas with the potential to improve international cooperation, security, human rights, and sustainable prosperity beyond the pandemic. 2026-02-12T10:32:59Z 2026-02-12T10:32:59Z 2024 book 9780776641485 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/171494 eng University of Ottawa Press / Les Presses de l’Université d’Ottawa 10.1353/book.124598 10.1353/book.124598 66acbd65-c929-45de-b070-9f23bf72fdd8 9780776641485 224 open access
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