Pandemics and Polarization

Implications of Partisan Budgeting for Responding to Public Health Emergencies

Häftad, Engelska, 2021

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Partisan divisions over policy in the U.S. Congress and rising disease threats put millions of Americans at risk. The Zika public health emergency is used to illustrate the key functions of coordination, providing countermeasures, and engaging in disease surveillance which the government must engage in during such an emergency. The author looks at how the standoff over Zika funding negatively affected the government’s response within federal agencies, as well as at the state and local level. Also examined in the book are serious threats still on the horizon that are expected to require strong government action in the future. Possible policies to avoid future gridlock are considered.

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Utgivningsdatum2021-07-15
Mått154 x 218 x 20 mm
Vikt395 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor264
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN9781498568203

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Chapter 1: Overview of Pandemics and PolarizationChapter 2: The Programmatic and Policy Environment for Combatting Pandemics Post-9/11Chapter 3: Recent Health Emergencies and Congressional DysfunctionChapter 4: The Zika Virus and Partisan Conflict Regarding Funding the ResponseChapter 5: The Activities of Federal Agencies During the Zika EmergencyChapter 6: State Leaders Push for Federal Action on the Zika VirusChapter 7: How Current and Pre-existing Funding Constraints Hindered the Zika Response at the Local LevelChapter 8: Costs of Delayed Response, Current Threats, and Recommendations for the FutureChapter 9: Conclusion

Myers (Indiana State Univ.) tackles an enormously important question in this book: how do partisan politics in the US affect funding for response to and mitigation of public health emergencies? This exploration is pursued in detail through eight chapters, each of which concludes with a brief bullet-point summary entitled "Key Points from the Chapter." These summaries serve to reinforce the concepts and ideas presented in each chapter. In the central chapters, Myers employs a case study approach to the 2015–16 Zika virus epidemic to formulate his argument and provide evidence for its support. An important aspect of the text is that the focus does not remain on one level of government. Polarization and response are examined at the local, state, and federal levels, thoroughly exposing the complexity of public health emergencies as experienced within the constraints imposed by the US system of federalism, from "congressional dysfunction" (examined in chapter 3) to how local response to the Zika outbreak was affected by preexisting funding constraints (discussed in chapter 7). This versatile book could be useful to undergraduate and graduate students in courses on political science, public administration, policy studies, public health, emergency management, and in many other fields. Summing Up: Recommended. All readers.