Cultural political economy, crisis management, and COVID-19 in the United States

Mueller, Jason C.

doi:10.1080/23254823.2021.1995773

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“…These calamities can be expected to impact the evolution of digital government. The COVID-19 pandemic, for instance, “opened up many opportunities for crisis learning” (Mueller, 2022 ) and witnessed the development of new tools—mobile tracking applications (Cingolani, 2022 ), restrictive immigration rules (Tazzioli and Stierl, 2021 ), and global measures of vaccination coverage (Pichelstorfer and Paul, 2020 )—that rationalize and manage society in new ways. To date, however, few studies have sought to explore the broader evolution of digital government during the pandemic.…”

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“Vse (Everyone) Online?”: an exploration of the evolution of the Russian Federation's digital government portal during the COVID-19 pandemic

Guzik

2023

Front. Sociol.

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The penetration of digital technologies in government has been met with both optimism and caution. This study seeks to contribute to this field by examining how digital government evolved during the COVID-19 pandemic. Using media reports on Russia's government services portal (Gosuslugi), it finds that authorities made the portal a centerpiece of their pandemic response by enhancing its communicative, transactional, and participatory functions. These efforts aimed to not only house public health services on Gosuslugi, but to channel financial, commercial, and communication services through it, expanding Russia's digital corporatist state. While pandemic governance infused Gosuslugi with the qualities of a surveillant assemblage, it also made the portal into a space for novel forms of civic participation. Gosuslugi's evolution in this direction was limited, however, by security concerns as well as apprehension about digital participation. These findings highlight the importance of attending to political and cultural contexts in understanding digital government. In Russia, ruling elites' unwillingness to hold competitive elections and the public's lack of confidence in the political system limit the potential of digital government, regardless of its potential to manage crises.

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“Vse (Everyone) Online?”: an exploration of the evolution of the Russian Federation's digital government portal during the COVID-19 pandemic

Guzik

2023

Front. Sociol.

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“…wear a mask to protect others and yourself, socially distance yourself from others while in public), and governments were engaged in groundbreaking scientific research for the public good, coordinating and facilitating the production of protective equipment for scientists and civilians alike. Some governments even wrote checks for their citizens in manner akin to a universal basic income (International Monetary Fund, 2022;Mueller, 2022;Nexstar Media Wire, 2020). In other words, we were presented with a form of "wartime communism" and the potential for universalistpolitics that viewed it as a necessity to provide for all citizens (Z ̌ižek 2020a).…”

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Subjective destitution, love, and rebellion in pandemic times: Theorizing with Hot Skull

Mueller

2023

Human Geography

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Dystopian visions of global pandemics, political crises, and human suffering abound, from fictitious television shows to the ongoing ravages of COVID-19. When we witness isolated instances of suffering and collective struggle, and identify their relationship to large-scale social crises, we are unveiling pieces of the totality. Things which might otherwise be portrayed as a local problem are instead viewed as a part of a larger social system. The Turkish Netflix series Sıcak Kafa (English title: Hot Skull) offers a story of pandemic lockdowns, rebellion, love, and subjectivity, touching upon important issues of radical political theory and action. This article connects key moments in Hot Skull to several important Marxist and psychoanalytic concepts, showing how the collective struggles in this Netflix series can help us identify concrete instances and attempts at overcoming violence in the modern world-system. By comparing the events of Hot Skull to our current predicament of living through a deadly pandemic, this article reaches an important conclusion: Our ability to radically change our circumstances through chance encounters with love and political rebellion remains real, potent alternatives to living in a persistent state of isolation and despair.

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Cultural political economy, crisis management, and COVID-19 in the United States

Cited by 2 publications

References 38 publications

“Vse (Everyone) Online?”: an exploration of the evolution of the Russian Federation's digital government portal during the COVID-19 pandemic

“Vse (Everyone) Online?”: an exploration of the evolution of the Russian Federation's digital government portal during the COVID-19 pandemic

Subjective destitution, love, and rebellion in pandemic times: Theorizing with Hot Skull

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