The Pandemic Shock

179

Booklet

Publication date:

January 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic has generated a global social, political and economic shock, with consequences that are not yet foreseeable, making even sharper the focus on the problems of an unequal and plutocratic world which is politically polarized, socially atomized and environmentally unviable. It is for this reason that the author invites us to take advantage of the “moment of clarity” that the pandemic offers us to take a deep dive into some essential lessons learned, as, for example, our having realized that working for the common good for those who need care is what sustains life. In the third part of the Notebook, he analyzes the different post-pandemic scenarios that are open to us, but with the uncertainty of not knowing which of them is the most plausible. It is definitely a Notebook that offers to teach us a wide view of what is happening to us without being dogmatic.

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Author

Oscar

Mateos Martín

Member of the social area of CJ. Professor of International Relations at the Facultat de Comunicació i Relacions Internacionals Blanquerna (Universitat Ramon Llull) and coordinator of the GLOBALCODES research group. He is a member of the Governing Board of the Institut Català per la Pau (ICIP). He works on issues related to global governance, conflicts, peace and security, with a special focus on the African continent. She was responsible for the social area of CJ between 2010 and 2020. With CJ he has published The Pandemic Shock (Booklet nº 179), From "tragedy" to "miracle"? Africa in the new multipolar context (Booklet nº 156)