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COVID-19 Crisis in the United Kingdom: The First 100 Days of the Unknown

In: The First 100 Days of Covid-19

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  • Arletta Gorecka

    (University of Strathclyde)

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This chapter discusses the implication of the COVID-19 pandemic on the United Kingdom and its economy. The COVID-19 pandemic occurred when the United Kingdom was vulnerable; as it was still recovering from its exit from the European Union, and attempting to resolve several ongoing issues over the devolved nations, especially Scotland and Northern Ireland. In March 2020, the United Kingdom entered into a nationwide lockdown. By mid-March, certain discrepancies in the approaches had been noted. This chapter aims to present an overview of the United Kingdom before the COVID-19 pandemic together with policy projections made at the time. As this chapter discusses, the policy contrasted with a neoliberal approach in several ways; specifically, the chapter considers the approach concerning surveillance, data and marketisation. Thereafter, this chapter highlights the areas of policy that are most prominent in the United Kingdom context: economic growth, health and education. The main focus is on identifying how the limits of political autonomy, neoliberal logic and inequalities have been further exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic.

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  • Arletta Gorecka, 2023. "COVID-19 Crisis in the United Kingdom: The First 100 Days of the Unknown," Springer Books, in: Aleksandar Stojanović & Luisa Scarcella & Christina R. Mosalagae (ed.), The First 100 Days of Covid-19, pages 207-234, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-981-19-6325-4_8
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-19-6325-4_8
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