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Imperial Pandemicide
Douglas A Van Belle1, Thomas Jamieson2
1Victoria University of Wellington.
Objective:
To provide a quick, in the moment analysis of the social and political aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic to preserve the possibly ephemeral aspects that might be overlooked in future historical studies.
Methods:
Qualitative and a statistical analyses of real time information.
Results:
The clustering of former imperial powers as states suffering extreme initial impacts, combined with a brief qualitative commentary on the domestic politics related to the pandemic response, suggests that colonial imperialism has lingering domestic political effects.
Conclusion:
The domestic political power bases that enabled colonial imperialism may be a significant and previously unrecognized factor in politics both in the context of disaster response and more broadly.
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