01.02.2022 , in ((COVID-19 + Mobility, Politics))
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Marie-Eve Bélanger and Sandra Lavenex
Face à la pandémie de COVID-19, les gouvernements du monde entier ont réagi en imposant des restrictions incisives de la mobilité des personnes. Dans des sociétés libérales profondément interdépendantes, ces restrictions de mobilité ont un coût social et économique important. L’incapacité à justifier et à légitimer ces restrictions incisives des libertés
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28.01.2021 , in ((COVID-19 + Mobility))
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Marie-Eve Bélanger and Sandra Lavenex
In COVID times, one of the challenges of the “new normal” has been to communicate the importance of a set of very unusual and stringent rules that populations must follow to contribute to the preservation of their health and public safety. How did the Swiss government and political elites use
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20.08.2020 , in ((COVID-19 + Mobility))
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Carlo Knotz, Mia Gandenberger, Philipp Trein, Flavia Fossati and Giuliano Bonoli
Switzerland severely restricted movements across and within its borders to cope with the COVID-19 pandemic. How supportive were the Swiss residents of these measures? And who did they think should still be allowed to enter Switzerland even when the borders were generally closed? The results show that Swiss residents support
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18.08.2020 , in ((COVID-19 + Mobility))
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Katrin Sontag
As borders closed and countries shifted to a national focus, establishing lockdowns and social distancing measures, these extraordinary circumstances actually sped up the creation of a new network linking six initiatives in different European countries striving to obtain voting rights for residents without the local citizenship. Current debates and protests
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13.08.2020 , in ((COVID-19 + Mobility))
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Philippe Wanner and Ania Wisniak
The COVID-19 crisis has had various economic and social consequences in Switzerland, particularly on the most vulnerable populations. At the same time, internationally mobile populations were also affected by border closures. Therefore, it is no wonder that among the questions that emerged were the attitudes and reactions of the native
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