Recovering Civility during COVID-19

Matteo Bonotti (PhD University of Edinburgh) is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Politics and International Relations at Monash University, having previously taught at Cardiff University, Queen’s University Belfast, and the University of Edinburgh. Matteo’s research interests include political liberalism and public reason, linguistic justice, free speech, food justice, and the normative dimensions of partisanship. His work has appeared in such journals as the American Political Science Review, The Journal of Politics, Political Studies, the Journal of Common Market Studies, the Journal of Applied Philosophy, Law and Philosophy, and the European Journal of Political Theory. His monograph Partisanship and Political Liberalism in Diverse Societies was published by Oxford University Press in 2017.   Steven T. Zech (PhD University of Washington) is a Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in the Department of Politics and International Relations at Monash University. He was previously a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Josef Korbel School of International Studies, University of Denver. Steve’s research focuses on how communities respond to political violence and terrorism at the local level and he has conducted extensive fieldwork on self-defense forces in Peru, as well as militias in the Philippines and the United States. His work has appeared in journals such as International Studies Review, Terrorism and Political Violence, Studies in Conflict & Terrorism, Defence and Peace Economics, Defense & Security Analysis, and the Journal of Terrorism Research. His dissertation Between Two Fires: Civilian Resistance during Internal Armed Conflict in Peru was awarded the Terrorism Research Initiative (TRI) 2016 prize for Best Doctoral Dissertation in the Field of Terrorism and Counterterrorism Studies.

• Introduction.- 1. The Human, Economic, Social, and Political Costs of COVID-19.- 2.  Understanding Civility.- 3. Civility as Politeness during COVID-19.- 4. Civility as Public-Mindedness during COVID-19. Conclusion.