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..

Cover -- Half Title -- Series Information -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Figures -- Tables -- Contributors -- 1 Introduction: Democracy and State Capacity During Times of Crisis -- Introduction -- The Focus On Asia-Oceania -- Democracy, State Capacity and COVID Responses -- Institutional Incentives and Government Responses -- Accountability -- Inclusion -- State Capacities and Pandemic Responses -- Government Responses and Autocratization -- Pandemic-Catalyzed Autocratization Risk -- Pathways of COVID-19-Catalyzed Autocratization -- Overview of the Volume -- References -- 2 Policy Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Aggregate-Level Comparative Analysis -- Introduction -- Governance Capacity and Policy Responses of Crises -- Clarifications On Data and Methodology -- Presentation and Discussion of the Empirical Findings -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 3 COVID-19 and Democracy: Creeping Autocratization? -- Introduction -- Pandemic-Catalyzed Autocratization Worldwide -- Dependent Variables -- Explanatory Variables -- Control Variables -- Model Specification -- Regressions for Pandemic Violations of Democratic Standard Index -- Decline in Electoral and Liberal Democracy Between 2019 and 2021 -- Pandemic-Catalyzed Autocratization in Asia-Oceania -- Emergency Powers and Executive Aggrandizement -- Civil Liberties and Democratic Spaces -- Militarization of COVID-19-Curbing Policies -- Electoral Disruptions -- Summary and Outlook -- Notes -- References -- 4 Closing the Borders to COVID-19: Democracy, Politics and Resilience in Australia and New Zealand -- Introduction -- Contextualizing a Comparison of Australia and New Zealand -- Policy Incentives: Politics, Science and Prioritizing Public Health -- Accounting for Policy Choices: Media Scrutiny and Economic Impacts -- Democratic Resilience During COVID-19 -- Conclusion..

Medienart:

E-Book

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

©2023

Erschienen:

Milton: Taylor & Francis Group ; 2023

©2023

Reihe:

Routledge Studies on Comparative Asian Politics Ser.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Croissant, Aurel [VerfasserIn]
Hellmann, Olli [Mitwirkende/r]

Links:

ebookcentral.proquest.com [lizenzpflichtig]

ISBN:

978-1-000-86732-9

Themen:

COVID-19 (Disease)-Government policy-Asia
Electronic books

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Umfang:

1 online resource (295 pages)

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

183416771X