Frank Fischer is a research scholar at both the Institute of Advanced Sustainability Studies, Potsdam and Humboldt University in Berlin, as well as an Emeritus Professor of Politics and Global Affairs at Rutgers University. He is the author of such books as Citizens, Experts, and the Environment: The Politics of Local Knowledge; Climate Crisis and the Democratic Prospect: Participatory Governance in Sustainable Communities; and the forthcoming Truth and Post-Truth in Public Policy.
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The risk of a progressive reversal
Thinking about the post-pandemic future and the scenarios that could emerge is as challenging as it is important. One cannot conceive of a more pressing issue for a progressive movement. Finding a workable response is thus of critical importance.
September 3, 2020
