Covid-19 and Governance

Jan Nederveen Pieterse is Suzanne and Duncan Mellichamp Distinguished Professor of Global Studies and Sociology at University of California Santa Barbara, USA. Haeran Lim is Professor in Political Science and International Relations, Seoul National University, South Korea. Habibul Khondker, MA (Carleton, Ottawa), PhD (Pittsburgh) is Professor of Social Sciences at Zayed University, Abu Dhabi.

• Introduction: Patterns, confluence, regionsAsia 1. China’s fight against Covid-19: Domestic and external implications2. South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore and Covid-19 3. China, South Korea, Japan and Covid-194. India, Kerala and Covid-195. Nepal and Covid-196. Indonesia and Covid-19: Decentralization and social conflict7. Thailand and Covid-19: Institutions and social dynamics from below Middle East8. Iran and Covid-19: Institutional configurations9. Saudi Arabia and Covid-19: Religious institutionsEurope10. The UK and Covid-1911. Spain and Covid-19 12. Germany and Covid-19 13. Turkey and Covid-19: Facing a global crisis during a domestic crisis Americas14. The US, South Korea, and Covid-19: Governance15. The United States and Covid-19: Hairpin turns 16. Brazil, South America and Covid-19 17. Cuba dancing with Covid-19: Citizenship and resilience18. Nicaragua and Covid-19: Authoritarian indifferenceAfrica19. Rwanda and Covid-19: Leadership and resilient health system20. Kenya and Covid-1921. Africa and Covid-19: Ways forward Crosscutting Themes22. Covid-19 and migrant workers: The Gulf and Singapore23. Covid-19 and science: Italy and late modernity 24. Global infodemic: Covid-19 and the organization of disinformation Conclusion Afterword

'Simply the best and most authoritative set of articles yet produced on the Covid-19 crisis. Global in scope, and written by top-class academic experts, the book provides an essential source for grasping the impact of the pandemic and what accounts for the huge differences in its impact in different states and regions.'Anthony Giddens, Emeritus Professor at the LSE and Fellow of King's College, Cambridge, UK'An imaginative collection of uniformly perceptive studies examining how different countries have coped with the havoc caused by the coronavirus. A most valuable contribution to a comparative understanding of a nationally mediated global problem.'Bhikhu Parekh, Member of the House of Lords, UK