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Pandemic Politics

Politics and Government

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Pandemic Politics

The Deadly Toll of Partisanship in the Age of COVIDBy Shana Kushner Gadarian, Thomas B. Pepinsky, Sara Wallace GoodmanNarrated by Katherine Fenton

Pandemic Politics

Length10h 40m

About this audiobook

This audiobook narrated by Katherine Fenton explores how the politicization of the pandemic endangers our lives—and our democracy COVID-19 has killed more people than any war or public health crisis in American history, but the scale and grim human toll of the pandemic were not inevitable. Pandemic Politics examines how Donald Trump politicized COVID-19, shedding new light on how his administration tied the pandemic to the president's political fate in an election year and chose partisanship over public health, with disastrous consequences for all of us. Health is not an inherently polarizing issue, but the Trump administration's partisan response to COVID-19 led ordinary citizens to prioritize what was good for their "team" rather than what was good for their country. Democrats, in turn, viewed the crisis as evidence of Trump's indifference to public well-being. At a time when solidarity and bipartisan unity were sorely needed, Americans came to see the pandemic in partisan terms, adopting behaviors and attitudes that continue to divide us today. This book draws on a wealth of new data on public opinion to show how pandemic politics has touched all aspects of our lives—from the economy to race and immigration—and puts America's COVID-19 response in global perspective. An in-depth account of a uniquely American tragedy, Pandemic Politics reveals how the politicization of the COVID-19 pandemic has profound and troubling implications for public health and the future of democracy itself.

Audiobook details

GenrePolitics and Government

Length10 hrs 40 mins

Narrated byKatherine Fenton

FormatAudiobook

Publish dateOct 11, 2022

LanguageEnglish

Table of contents

1Opening Anno, Introduction

8Chapter 6 - The Cost of a Pandemic: COVID-19 and the American Economy

2Chapter 1 - America's Preexisting Conditions

9Chapter 7 - Do Not Enter: COVID-19 and the Politics of Immigration

3Chapter 2 - Politicizing the Pandemic

10Chapter 8 - The Burdens of Inequality: Race and the COVID-19

4Chapter 2 - Continued

11Chapter 9 - Voting for Your Life: COVID-19 and American Democracy

5Chapter 3 - To Mask or Not to Mask: The Behavioral Response to COVID

12Chapter 10 - Shots in Arms: The Partisan Politics of Vaccination

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6Chapter 4 - Who's to Blame? The Emotional Response to COVID

13Conclusion

7Chapter 5 - What Your Country Can Do for You: The Partisan Split in Policy

14Epilogue, Closing Anno

About the author

Shana Kushner Gadarian, Thomas B. Pepinsky, Sara Wallace Goodman

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