Democracy, state capacity and the governance of COVID-19 in Asia-Oceania

"This book examines the public health responses to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Asia-Oceania region and their implications for democratic backsliding. The contributions discuss three key questions: How did political institutions in Asia-Oceania create incentives for effective public health resp...

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Other Authors: Croissant, Aurel (Editor) , Hellmann, Olli (Editor)
Format: Edited Volume
Language:English
Published: London New York Routledge, Taylor & Franics Group 2023
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Author Notes:edited by Aurel Croissant and Olli Hellmann
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : democracy and state capacity during times of crisis / Aurel Croissant & Olli Hellmann
  • Policy responses to the COVID-19 pandemic : an aggregate level comparative analysis / Jale Tosun
  • COVID-19 and democracy : creeping autocratization? / Aurel Croissant & Lars Pelke
  • Closing the borders to COVID19 : democracy, politics and resilience in Australia and New Zealand / Jennifer Curtin & Dominic O'Sullivan
  • Containing COVID-19 in South Korea and Taiwan : state capacity and geopolitics / Yin-wah Chu
  • Navigating the early impacts of COVID-19 : South Pacific viewpoints from Fiji and Samoa / Audrey Aumua, Saunimaa Ma Fulu-Aiolupotea, Tamasailau Suaalii-Sauni & Tim Fadgen
  • The pandemic and competitive authoritarianism in India / Rahul Mukherji and Seyed Hossein Zarhani
  • Economy first : Indonesia's calculated underutilization of state capacities and democratic resources in the early phase of COVID-19 / Marcus Mietzner
  • COVID-19 in the Philippines and Cambodia : rising autocracy and weak state capacity / Erik Martinez Kuhonta, Keovathanak Khim & Tynarath Huon
  • Singapore and Hong Kong : the effect of trust in high-capacity hybrid regimes / Mathew Y.H. Wong & Adrian M.H. Lam
  • Proactive responsiveness and institutionalization in Vietnam's offensive against COVID-19 / Nhu Truong
  • China's response to the COVID-19 Pandemic. Navigating internal and external challenges / Heike Holbig.