Coronavirus Politics : The Comparative Politics and Policy of COVID-19.

By: Greer, Scott LContributor(s): King, Elizabeth J | Massard da Fonseca, Elize | Peralta-Santos, AndreMaterial type: TextTextPublisher: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 2021Copyright date: �2021Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (663 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780472902460Genre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Coronavirus PoliticsDDC classification: 362.1962/414 LOC classification: RA644Online resources: Click to View
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Cover -- Contents -- Part I -- 1. Introduction: Explaining Pandemic Response / Scott L. Greer, Elizabeth J. King, and Elize Massard da Fonseca -- 2. Playing Politics: The World Health Organization's Response to COVID-19 / Matthew M. Kavanagh, Renu Singh, and Mara Pillinger -- 3. State Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic: Governance, Surveillance, Coercion, and Social Policy / Holly Jarman -- Part II. Asia -- 4. China's Leninist Response to COVID-19: From Information Repression to Total Mobilization / Victor C. Shih -- 5. Public Policy and Learning from SARS: Explaining COVID-19 in Hong Kong / John P. Burns -- 6. Institutions Matter in Fighting COVID-19: Public Health, Social Policies, and the Control Tower in South Korea / June Park -- 7. Unified, Preventive, Low-cost Government Response to COVID-19 in Việt Nam / Emma Willoughby -- 8. Fighting COVID-19 in Japan: A Success Story? / Takashi Nagata, Akihito Hagihara, Alan Kawarai Lefor, Ryozo Matsuda, and Monika Steffen -- 9. Singapore's Response to COVID-19: An Explosion of Cases despite Being a "Gold Standard" / Rebecca Wai -- 10. India's Response to COVID-19 / Minakshi Raj -- 11. COVID-19 Response in Central Asia: A Cautionary Tale / Pauline Jones and Elizabeth J. King -- Part III. Europe -- 12. COVID-19 in the United Kingdom: How Austerity and a Loss of State Capacity Undermined the Crisis Response / Gemma A. Williams, Selina Rajan, and Jonathan D. Cylus -- 13. The European Union Confronts COVID-19: Another European Rescue of the Nation-state? / Eleanor Brooks, Anniek de Ruijter, and Scott L. Greer -- 14. Denmark's Response to COVID-19: A Participatory Approach to Policy Innovation / Darius Ornston -- 15. France's Multidimensional COVID-19 Response: Ad Hoc Committees and the Sidelining of Public Health Agencies / Sarah D. Rozenblum.
16. Political Resonance in Austria's Coronavirus Crisis Management / Margitta M�atzke -- 17. Three Approaches to Handling the COVID Crisis in Federal Countries: Germany, Austria, and Switzerland / Thomas Czypionka and Miriam Reiss -- 18. Italy's Response to COVID-19 / Michelle Falkenbach and Manuela Caiani -- 19. Spain's Response to COVID-19 / Kenneth A. Dubin -- 20. A Tale of Two Pandemics in Three Countries: Portugal, Spain, and Italy / Andr�e Peralta-Santos, Luis Saboga-Nunes, and Pedro C. Magalh�aes -- 21. Greece at the Time of COVID-19: Caught between Scylla and Charybdis / Elena Petelos, Dimitra Lingri, and Christos Lionis -- 22. COVID-19 in Turkey: Public Health Centralism / Saime �Oz�c�ur�umez -- 23. COVID-19 in Central and Eastern Europe: Focus on Czechia, Hungary, and Bulgaria / Olga L�oblov�a, Julia Rone, and Endre Borb�ath -- 24. COVID-19 in the Russian Federation: Government Control during the Epidemic / Elizabeth J. King and Victoria I. Dudina -- Part IV. Americas -- 25. The Politics and Policy of Canada's COVID-19 Response / Patrick Fafard, Ad�ele Cassola, Margaret MacAulay, and Mich�ele Palkovits -- 26. Anatomy of a Failure: COVID-19 in the United States / Phillip M. Singer, Charley E. Willison, N'dea Moore-Petinak, and Scott L. Greer -- 27. COVID-19 in Brazil: Presidential Denialism and the Subnational Government's Response / Elize Massard da Fonseca, Nicoli Nattrass, Lu�isa Bolaffi Arantes, and Francisco In�acio Bastos -- 28. Colombia's Response to COVID-19: Pragmatic Command, Social Contention, and Political Challenges / Claudia Acosta, M�onica Uribe-G�omez, and Durfari Velandia-Naranjo -- 29. The Politics of the COVID-19 Pandemic Response in Chile / Claudio A. M�endez -- Part V. Africa -- 30. Pandemic amid Political Crisis: Malawi's Experience with and Response to COVID-19 / Kim Yi Dionne, Boniface Dulani, and Sara E. Fischer.
31. Adapting COVID-19 Containment in Africa: Lessons from Tanzania / Thespina (Nina) Yamanis, Ruth Carlitz, and Henry A. Mollel -- 32. Confronting Legacies and Charting a New Course?: The Politics of Coronavirus Response in South Africa / Joseph Harris -- 33. Comparative Analysis of COVID-19 Transmission and Mortality in Select African Countries / Kanayo K. Ogujiuba and Uviwe Binase -- 34. Conclusion / Scott L. Greer, Elize Massard da Fonesca, and Elizabeth J. King -- Contributors -- Index.
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Cover -- Contents -- Part I -- 1. Introduction: Explaining Pandemic Response / Scott L. Greer, Elizabeth J. King, and Elize Massard da Fonseca -- 2. Playing Politics: The World Health Organization's Response to COVID-19 / Matthew M. Kavanagh, Renu Singh, and Mara Pillinger -- 3. State Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic: Governance, Surveillance, Coercion, and Social Policy / Holly Jarman -- Part II. Asia -- 4. China's Leninist Response to COVID-19: From Information Repression to Total Mobilization / Victor C. Shih -- 5. Public Policy and Learning from SARS: Explaining COVID-19 in Hong Kong / John P. Burns -- 6. Institutions Matter in Fighting COVID-19: Public Health, Social Policies, and the Control Tower in South Korea / June Park -- 7. Unified, Preventive, Low-cost Government Response to COVID-19 in Việt Nam / Emma Willoughby -- 8. Fighting COVID-19 in Japan: A Success Story? / Takashi Nagata, Akihito Hagihara, Alan Kawarai Lefor, Ryozo Matsuda, and Monika Steffen -- 9. Singapore's Response to COVID-19: An Explosion of Cases despite Being a "Gold Standard" / Rebecca Wai -- 10. India's Response to COVID-19 / Minakshi Raj -- 11. COVID-19 Response in Central Asia: A Cautionary Tale / Pauline Jones and Elizabeth J. King -- Part III. Europe -- 12. COVID-19 in the United Kingdom: How Austerity and a Loss of State Capacity Undermined the Crisis Response / Gemma A. Williams, Selina Rajan, and Jonathan D. Cylus -- 13. The European Union Confronts COVID-19: Another European Rescue of the Nation-state? / Eleanor Brooks, Anniek de Ruijter, and Scott L. Greer -- 14. Denmark's Response to COVID-19: A Participatory Approach to Policy Innovation / Darius Ornston -- 15. France's Multidimensional COVID-19 Response: Ad Hoc Committees and the Sidelining of Public Health Agencies / Sarah D. Rozenblum.

16. Political Resonance in Austria's Coronavirus Crisis Management / Margitta M�atzke -- 17. Three Approaches to Handling the COVID Crisis in Federal Countries: Germany, Austria, and Switzerland / Thomas Czypionka and Miriam Reiss -- 18. Italy's Response to COVID-19 / Michelle Falkenbach and Manuela Caiani -- 19. Spain's Response to COVID-19 / Kenneth A. Dubin -- 20. A Tale of Two Pandemics in Three Countries: Portugal, Spain, and Italy / Andr�e Peralta-Santos, Luis Saboga-Nunes, and Pedro C. Magalh�aes -- 21. Greece at the Time of COVID-19: Caught between Scylla and Charybdis / Elena Petelos, Dimitra Lingri, and Christos Lionis -- 22. COVID-19 in Turkey: Public Health Centralism / Saime �Oz�c�ur�umez -- 23. COVID-19 in Central and Eastern Europe: Focus on Czechia, Hungary, and Bulgaria / Olga L�oblov�a, Julia Rone, and Endre Borb�ath -- 24. COVID-19 in the Russian Federation: Government Control during the Epidemic / Elizabeth J. King and Victoria I. Dudina -- Part IV. Americas -- 25. The Politics and Policy of Canada's COVID-19 Response / Patrick Fafard, Ad�ele Cassola, Margaret MacAulay, and Mich�ele Palkovits -- 26. Anatomy of a Failure: COVID-19 in the United States / Phillip M. Singer, Charley E. Willison, N'dea Moore-Petinak, and Scott L. Greer -- 27. COVID-19 in Brazil: Presidential Denialism and the Subnational Government's Response / Elize Massard da Fonseca, Nicoli Nattrass, Lu�isa Bolaffi Arantes, and Francisco In�acio Bastos -- 28. Colombia's Response to COVID-19: Pragmatic Command, Social Contention, and Political Challenges / Claudia Acosta, M�onica Uribe-G�omez, and Durfari Velandia-Naranjo -- 29. The Politics of the COVID-19 Pandemic Response in Chile / Claudio A. M�endez -- Part V. Africa -- 30. Pandemic amid Political Crisis: Malawi's Experience with and Response to COVID-19 / Kim Yi Dionne, Boniface Dulani, and Sara E. Fischer.

31. Adapting COVID-19 Containment in Africa: Lessons from Tanzania / Thespina (Nina) Yamanis, Ruth Carlitz, and Henry A. Mollel -- 32. Confronting Legacies and Charting a New Course?: The Politics of Coronavirus Response in South Africa / Joseph Harris -- 33. Comparative Analysis of COVID-19 Transmission and Mortality in Select African Countries / Kanayo K. Ogujiuba and Uviwe Binase -- 34. Conclusion / Scott L. Greer, Elize Massard da Fonesca, and Elizabeth J. King -- Contributors -- Index.

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