Government Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic

Between a Rock and a Hard Place

Häftad, Engelska, 2024

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Beskrivning

This book examines how governments around the world responded to the health emergency created by the COVID-19 pandemic. Public health policies came at a price, in economic, social, and ultimately electoral costs to the political incumbents. It will appeal to all those interested in public policy, health policy and governance.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2024-12-11
Mått:148 x 210 x 15 mm
Vikt:356 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:254
Förlag:Springer International Publishing AG
ISBN:9783031308468

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

Innehållsförteckning

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.