Government Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic

Between a Rock and a Hard Place

Buch | Hardcover

XVIII, 254 Seiten

2023 | 1st ed. 2023
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-031-30843-7 (ISBN)

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This book examines how governments around the world responded to the health emergency created by the COVID-19 pandemic. Before vaccines became available, non-medical interventions were the main means to protect the public. Non-medical interventions were put in place by governments as public health policies. In every nation, politicians and governments faced a choice situation, and worldwide, they made different choices. Public health policies came at a price, in economic, social, and ultimately electoral costs to the political incumbents. The book discusses differences in governments' policy efforts to mitigate the virus spread. The authors conduct in-depth analysis of country-cases from Africa, North and South America, Asia, and Europe. They also offer small-n- comparative analyses as well as report global patterns and trends of governments' responsiveness to the medical emergency. It will appeal to all those interested in public policy, health policy and governance.

Olga Shvetsova is Professor of Political Science and Economics, and Scientific Director of the COVID-19 Policy Response Lab at Binghamton University, USA.

Chapter 1. Governments and the COVID-19 pandemic: some general patterns and puzzles.- Chapter 2. COVID-19 response in India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh: shared history, different process.- Chapter 3. An analysis of government responses to COVID-19 in Latin America's three federations.- Chapter 4. Pick your poison: political condition, economic structure, and COVID-19 response in Malaysia and Indonesia.- Chapter 5. Political entrepreneurship vs. parties: the importance of party linkage in young democracies.- Chapter 6. COVID-19 pandemic policy response and outcomes in the United Kingdom and the United States.- Chapter 7. Denmark, Finland, Italy, and Spain: the institutional underpinnings of policy making in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic.- Chapter 8. Populist responses to COVID-19: the cases of Turkey and Israel.- Chapter 9. A few take-away observations.

Erscheinungsdatum	12.12.2023
Zusatzinfo	XVIII, 254 p. 27 illus.
Verlagsort	Cham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 210 mm
Gewicht	483 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Gesundheitswesen
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Vergleichende Politikwissenschaften
Schlagworte	Covid-19 • Democracy • Federalism • Policy Making • Political Institutions • Populism • Public Health
ISBN-10	3-031-30843-3 / 3031308433
ISBN-13	978-3-031-30843-7 / 9783031308437
Zustand	Neuware