Covid 19: Toward a World Risk Society

In 2020, the world was swept by a crisis that, though predictable, was in essence unprecedented. Among the most significant consequences were the human impact, whether in terms of lives lost or of durable mental and/or physical impairment; the restrictions of fundamental liberties; and the overall economic and related social costs. Moreover, states have rarely been faced with the reality of their interdependence to a comparable degree: multiple societies suddenly found themselves utterly vu...