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Epidemics and Regimes
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RESEARCH OBJECTIVE: The aim of the article is to systematise the knowledge on the relationship between epidemics and strategies for fighting them in different types of political systems and their social consequences.
THE RESEARCH PROBLEM AND METHODS: The research problem is the analysis of strategies for fighting epidemics in a bipolar approach of political systems as a derivative of various social crises, including those resulting from pandemics. The study was conducted using research methods specific to social sciences, i.e. a critical analysis, a synthesis of subject literature, and a comparative analysis.
THE PROCESS OF ARGUMENTATION: The article begins with presenting the review of studies devoted to epidemics and their social and political consequences, which is followed by the description of several models of fighting epidemics within particular types of political regimes. Next, based on the example of the processes that took place in the first half of the 20th century, the impact of such crises on the growth of social sympathies towards anti-systemic ideologies is demonstrated.
RESEARCH RESULTS: The long-term effects of epidemics led to turning points, which significantly affected the development of civilization. They were accompanied by phenomena that, due to the collapse of the foundations of societies’ functioning, influenced the worldview of the masses, leading to the re-evaluation of the political scene and the transformation of political systems.
CONCLUSIONS, INNOVATIONS, AND RECOMENDATIONS: The relationship between epidemics and strategies for fighting them in certain types of political regimes was usually neglected even in studies whose authors analysed a range of social and economic processes that stemmed directly from health crises. However, their conclusions lend support to the claim that this issue is relevant to both researchers interested in the theory of state and the theory of politics and decision-makers responsible for the stability of political systems.
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Epidemics ; Pandemics ; State Regimes ; Political Systems ; Strategies for Fighting Health Crises
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