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University of Richmond, Richmond, Virginia

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As COVID-19 swept across the globe during the early months of 2020, countries undertook drastic measures to slow the spread of the deadly virus. These initiatives included border closures and stay-at-home orders. International trade declined and countries turned inward to address the most severe public health crisis in a century. In the wake of these changes, globalization slowed to a standstill and many citizens began to question the sustainability of the existing economic order.

The unexpected events of 2020 point to a potentially transformative moment for the global economic system and underscore a pressing question: has the pandemic altered the trajectory of globalization? This storymap investigates this question in four different countries, telling a complicated and diverse story of how globalization evolved during the past forty years, how the pandemic came to be, how each state responded to COVID-19, and whether each country is likely to witness a transformation of the neoliberal development model.

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Department: Political Science

Faculty Mentor: Jennifer Pribble

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Globalization and the COVID-19 Pandemic; Has the world changed forever?

University of Richmond, Richmond, Virginia

As COVID-19 swept across the globe during the early months of 2020, countries undertook drastic measures to slow the spread of the deadly virus. These initiatives included border closures and stay-at-home orders. International trade declined and countries turned inward to address the most severe public health crisis in a century. In the wake of these changes, globalization slowed to a standstill and many citizens began to question the sustainability of the existing economic order.

The unexpected events of 2020 point to a potentially transformative moment for the global economic system and underscore a pressing question: has the pandemic altered the trajectory of globalization? This storymap investigates this question in four different countries, telling a complicated and diverse story of how globalization evolved during the past forty years, how the pandemic came to be, how each state responded to COVID-19, and whether each country is likely to witness a transformation of the neoliberal development model.