In an analysis spanning from ancient Greece to the Reconstruction Amendments and the present day, Allen argues for the relative effectiveness of collaborative federalism over authoritarian compulsion and for the unifying power of a common cause. Looking to history, Allen also identifies the challenges faced by democracies in other times that required strong government action.
In Democracy in the Time of Coronavirus, leading political thinker Danielle Allen untangles the US government's COVID-19 victories and failures to offer a plan for creating a more resilient democratic polity-one that can better respond to both the present pandemic and future crises. Even worse is that over half a million deaths and the extensive economic devastation could have been avoided if the government had been prepared to undertake comprehensive, contextually-sensitive policies to stop the spread of the disease. But the pandemic has also exposed its glaring weaknesses, such as the failure of our government to develop and quickly implement strategies for tracing and containing outbreaks as well as widespread public distrust of government prompted by often confusing and conflicting choices-to mask, or not to mask. The COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated some of the strengths of our society, including the rapid development of vaccines. From a leading political thinker, this book is both an invaluable playbook for meeting our current moment and a stirring reflection on the future of democracy itself.
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