Abstract:
The COVID-19 pandemic bared the inadequacies in existing structures of public
health and governance in most countries. This book provides a comparative analysis of policy approaches and planning adopted by federal governments across the
globe to battle and adequately respond to the health emergency as well as the socioeconomic fallouts of the pandemic.
With twenty-four case studies from across the globe, the book critically analyzes
responses to the public health crisis, its fiscal impact and management, as well as
decision-making and collaboration between different levels of government of countries worldwide. It explores the measures taken to contain the pandemic and to responsibly regulate and manage the health, socio-economic welfare, employment, and
education of its people. The authors highlight the deficiencies in planning, tensions
between state and local governments, politicization of the crisis, and the challenges of
generating political consensus. They also examine effective approaches used to foster
greater cooperation and learning for multi-level, polycentric innovation in pandemic
governance.
One of the first books on federalism and approaches to the COVID-19 pandemic,
this volume is an indispensable reference for scholars and researchers of comparative
federalism, comparative politics, development studies, political science, public policy
and governance, health and wellbeing, and political sociology.
The Open Access version of this book, available at: http://www.taylorfrancis.com/
books/e/9781003251217, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license.
