Global Coronavirus Pandemic Crisis

Phillip Anthony O’Hara
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Phillip Anthony O’Hara: Global Political Economy Research Unit

Chapter 4 in Principles of Institutional and Evolutionary Political Economy, 2022, pp 89-128 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract This chapter undertakes an interdisciplinary analysis of the global coronavirus crisis of 2020–2022, its immediate aftermath and lessons learned, through the use of some core principles of institutional and evolutionary political economy. The principle of historical specificity and evolution examines the background to the emergence of the crisis, plus its evolution and transformation through time. The principle of heterogeneous groups and agents scrutinizes the crisis through the various groups and individuals associated with gender, class, ethnicity, age and species. The principles of circular and cumulative causation (CCC) and contradiction investigate the multiple factors responsible for the crisis and how they interact in determining the depth and recovery from the crisis; while the principle of hegemony and uneven development is also pertinent here. The principle of uncertainty illustrates the changing expectations underlying the business climate and consumer confidence affecting socioeconomic performance, as well as current and future policies associated with health, regulation, budgets and money. We also analyse the coronacrisis through the principles of innovation plus policy and governance. A conclusion follows.

Keywords: Coronacrisis; Principles; Political economy; Historical specificity; Heterogeneous groups & agents; Circular & cumulative causation; Contradiction; Uncertainty; Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1007/978-981-19-4158-0_4

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