PLCY805: Policy Analysis and Statesmanship
Huy Nguyen
Literature Review Assignment
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Contents
Introduction …………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 3
Literature Review…………………………………………………………………………………………………. 4
Routine Activity Theory ……………………………………………………………………………………. 7
COVID-19 and Changes in Cyber-Routines…………………………………………………………. 8
The Pandemic and Surveillance Capitalism …………………………………………………………. 8
Conclusion ………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 12
References …………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 13
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Introduction
A pandemic produced by the SARS-CoV-2 virus has now engulfed almost every aspect
of human life. There isn’t a single aspect of life that would be unaffected by the repercussions of
a worldwide pandemic, either directly or indirectly
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. As a result, the topic of how human conduct
has altered in the aftermath of the epidemic in the United States arises. Today, the international
community is tasked with eradicating this virus, yet despite the passing of many months, we still
have no idea what each of us is up against. In mid-May, various media outlets produced a list of
11 pandemic issues to which the international community has yet to give comprehensive
answers
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. These questions revolve on the number of individuals who will be infected and the
number of people who will die as a result of infection, as well as the development of the SARS–
CoV-2 vaccine.
However, this list is not complete, as it is also necessary to understand the impacts of a
pandemic. Today, there is debate on the best route out of the crisis in “China”, the “United
States”, “Russia”, “Germany”, “Italy”, “Spain”, the “United Kingdom”, “Ukraine”, and other
countries
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. The first step is surely to devise a method of halting the virus’s propagation. The
international world should speak with one voice because the only way to fight the fatal epidemic
is via social solidarity, not egoism. However, the present scenario differs significantly from what
was previously anticipated, because Donald Trump, following his decision to cease supporting
the World Health Organization (WHO), now defends the use of the “hydroxychloroquine” drug
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Możgin, Wiktor. “The Perspectives of Human Freedom In a Post-pandemic Social Reality.” Ukrainian
Policymaker 6, no. 6 (2020): 63–73.
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Kołodko, Grzegorz W. “After the Calamity: Economics and Politics in the Post-Pandemic World.” Polish
Sociological Review 210, no. 2 (2020): 137-156.
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Sharma, Shradha. “Learning Military ‘GRADE H’in Post-Pandemic Environment.” Military Psychology Response
to Post-Pandemic Reconstruction (2020): 292.
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in the viral prevention procedure
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. In turn, the American scientific community and the
governments of several nations, notably Poland, regard “Remdesivir” as a possible weapon in the
fight against the SARSCoV-2 virus
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Literature Review
The idea of responsibility is inextricably linked to the concept of freedom
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. The notion
that Americans connect freedom largely with the democratic system has gained traction in recent
years. Is this, however, the case? Can a democratic system, or representative democracy in
general, truly be linked to the concept of liberty? Isn’t freedom in this sociopolitical setting
simply confined to the act of choosing the authority that determines the political, legal,
economic, social, and cultural reality we will live in for the next several years?
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Fearing the
fabled Hobbesian Leviathan, each of us relinquishes our freedom. Because freedom implies
responsibility, most individuals, fearful of responsibility, choose to give up part of their liberty
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As a result, responsibility has become an unpopular term that is frequently avoided in the
political and scientific communities, owing to the fact that it is largely unwillingly accepted by a
generation that rejects moralizing and adherence to ethical rules of action
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Because the implication of human conduct is the assumption that his behaviors and life
position are solely dictated by circumstances over which he has no control, it frequently leads to
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Elliott, Robert JR, Ingmar Schumacher, and Cees Withagen. “Suggestions for a Covid-19 post-pandemic research
agenda in environmental economics.” Environmental and Resource Economics 76, no. 4 (2020): 1187-1213.
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Sharma, Shradha. “Learning Military ‘GRADE H’in Post-Pandemic Environment.” Military Psychology Response
to Post-Pandemic Reconstruction (2020): 292.
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Kołodko, Grzegorz W. “After the Calamity: Economics and Politics in the Post-Pandemic World.” Polish
Sociological Review 210, no. 2 (2020): 137-156.
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Horton, Richard. “Offline: CoHERE—a call for a post-pandemic health strategy.” Lancet (London, England) 395,
no. 10232 (2020): 1242.
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Wiseman, Sam M., R. Trafford Crump, and Jason M. Sutherland. “Surgical wait list management in Canada during
a pandemic: many challenges ahead.” Canadian Journal of Surgery 63, no. 3 (2020): E226.
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Hitt, Michael A., Jean‐Luc Arregle, and R. Michael Holmes Jr. “Strategic management theory in a post‐pandemic
and non‐ergodic world.” Journal of Management Studies (2020).
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open societal animosity. It’s mostly a nineteenth-century philosophers’ narrative orientation. Fear,
which also manifests itself in the notion of freedom, is the cause of this rejection of
responsibility
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. As a result, this viewpoint refers to the idea that many people are terrified of
freedom since the ability to construct their own life is a constant struggle, or, in other words, a
work that demands man to impose sufficient discipline on himself in order to achieve his
objectives
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Hundreds of thousands of people have died as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, which
has prompted several governments to issue “stay-at-home” orders in attempt to stem the virus’s
spread. COVID-19 is anticipated to influence victimization rates when people’s routines change
as they spend more time at home and less time in public, according to findings from routine
activity theory
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. However, depending on the kind of crime, the pandemic may influence victims
differently, since street crimes appear to be declining but domestic crimes appear to be growing.
Cybercrime is a third sort of crime that we will look at
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. Unicef studies how the pandemic has
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