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Limitations of democratic rights during the Covid-19 pandemic---exploring the citizens' perception and discussions on dangers to democracy in Germany

, , , , and . Z. Vgl. Polit., 16 (4): 635--661 (February 2023)

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AbstractThe governments' mitigation measures to fight the COVID-19 pandemic are unprecedented in our post-war history. For overcoming this crisis, citizens were expected to act in compliance with these measures in order to control the spread of the virus and keep public health systems functional. This call for protecting the public health at the same time confronted citizens with several and severe limitations of their democratic freedoms and rights: confinement, restriction on freedoms of movement, religion, specific provisions for public protest and finally also limitations to the right of education by school closures. This paper analyzes h…(more)

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