Nation in the Time of the Pandemic

Fernando León Solís is Senior Lecturer in Spanish and Head of Languages at the University of the West of Scotland.

• Part I: Introduction.- 1. The Nation in the Time of the Pandemic.- Part II : COVID-19 and Consensus .- 2. Did National Solidarity Trump Pluralism in National Media Coverage in Norway?.- 3. The Swedish National Media Narrative During the COVID-19 Crisis .- 4. ‘Each of Us is Responsible for All of Us’: Solidarity and National Responsibility in Irish Leaders’ COVID Speeches.- 5. A Narrative of Success: Press Coverage of the COVID-19 Vaccination Process in Portugal .- 6. The COVID Crisis as a Boost to National Identity in Gibraltar: Opinion Articles in the Gibraltarian Press.- 7. Conceptualisations of German National Identity During the COVID-19 Pandemic .- 8. Canada and the Marginalization of Pandemic Dissent .- Part III: COVID-19 and Dissent.- 9. Emotional Authority in Presenting the Later COVID-19 Strategy: The Speeches and Statements of Scotland’s Nicola Sturgeon.- 10. Welsh Devolution and the Politics of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Evolving Social Media Strategies.- 11. COVID-19and the Virus of Populism in Spain.- 12. ‘Immunitarian Democracy’: The Italian Media Coverage of the Coronavirus Pandemic.- Rinella Cere.- 13. State and Nationalism: The Greek Media’s Coverage of the COVID-19 Pandemic.- 14. Political Polarisation and the COVID-19 Crisis in Turkey.- Part IV: Conclusion.- 15. The Nation, COVID-19 and the Dangers for Liberal Democracy.