Pandemic Communication and Participation
Learning from Civil Society Engagement in Italy
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Product details:
- Publisher Edward Elgar Publishing
- Date of Publication 24 October 2025
- ISBN 9781035373550
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages184 pages
- Size 234x156 mm
- Weight 410 g
- Language English 698
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Short description:
This innovative book situates research on the Covid-19 pandemic in terms of institutional and grassroots participation, participatory and deliberative democracy, and science and risk communication The authors highlight the key role of solidarity-based action undertaken by social movements and civil society organizations.
MoreLong description:
This innovative book situates research on the Covid-19 pandemic in terms of institutional and grassroots participation, participatory and deliberative democracy, and science and risk communication. The authors analyse the democratic challenges and opportunities faced by social movements and civil society organizations in emergency situations, and emphasize the crucial importance of their engagement in solidarity actions.
Providing in-depth analysis of the Covid-19 pandemic in Italy, with international applications, this book pairs qualitative empirical data with sociological and political theory, drawing on an extensive original collection of interview data. Authors situate civilian responses to the pandemic within a broader crisis framework to explore ongoing debates on social movements, active citizenship, participation, and contemporary political communication. Chapters highlight the role of political actors, media, and scientific expertise in influencing mobilization and public discourse, to analyse the processes that shaped action during the health emergency.
Pandemic Communication and Participation is an essential resource for scholars and students of sociology, political communication, and social movements. Its practical guidance and focus on mitigating the risks of future health emergencies also makes it a beneficial read for policymakers and practitioners in public health.
‘Pandemic Communication and Participation powerfully demonstrates the capacity of social science to make sense of the Covid-19 health crisis and extract lessons for emergencies yet to come. From street protests to expressions of solidarity, from knowledge building to conspiracy-mongering, from empathy to anxiety, the authors capture the breadth and profundity of the pandemic experience.’
Table of Contents:
Contents
1 Introduction
2 Participating during the pandemic
3 Navigating complexity
4 Between politicization and mediatization
5 Reconstructing the master frame of health rights during the
pandemic emergency critical juncture
6 The political context seen from below and the idea of
citizenship during the pandemic emergency
7 Conclusion
Appendix
Bibliography
Index
