1st Edition
Covid-19 and Governance Crisis Reveals
Introduction: Patterns, confluence, regions
Jan Nederveen Pieterse
Asia
1. China’s fight against Covid-19: Domestic and external implications
Changgang Guo and Wenhao Fan, Shanghai
2. South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore and Covid-19
Wang Hwi Lee, Suwon
3. China, South Korea, Japan and Covid-19
Ik Ki Kim and Rosung Kwak, Seoul
4. India, Kerala and Covid-19
N.C. Narayanan and Prabhir Vishnu Poruthiyil, Mumbai
5. Nepal and Covid-19
Ratna Mani Nepal, Kathmandu
6. Indonesia and Covid-19: Decentralization and social conflict
Rebecca Meckelburg and Charanpal S. Bal, Salatiga, Java and Perth
7. Thailand and Covid-19: Institutions and social dynamics from below
Chantana Wun’Gaeo and Surichai Wun’Gaeo, Bangkok
Middle East
8. Iran and Covid-19: Institutional configurations
Ali Ashgar Mosleh and Abbas Jong, Tehran
9. Saudi Arabia and Covid-19: Religious institutions
Frank Fanselow, Singapore
Europe
10. The UK and Covid-19
Colin Tyler, Hull
11. Spain and Covid-19
Mariah Miller, Santa Barbara
12. Germany and Covid-19
Markus S. Schulz, Erfurt
13. Turkey and Covid-19: Facing a global crisis during a domestic crisis
Sarp Kurgan, Istanbul
Americas
14. The US, South Korea, and Covid-19: Governance
Hyug Baeg Im, Gwangju
15. The United States and Covid-19: Hairpin turns
Jan Nederveen Pieterse
16. Brazil, South America and Covid-19
Adalberto Cardoso and Thiago Peres, Rio de Janeiro
17. Cuba dancing with Covid-19: Citizenship and resilience
Roberto Zurbano Torres, Havana
18. Nicaragua and Covid-19: Authoritarian indifference
Kai M. Thaler, Santa Barbara
Africa
19. Rwanda and Covid-19: Leadership and resilient health system
Jeanine Condo MD and Edson Rwagasore, MD, Kigali
20. Kenya and Covid-19
Ahmed Kalebi, MD, Nairobi
21. Africa and Covid-19: Ways forward
Nina Callaghan, Mark Swilling and Merin Jacob, Stellenbosch
Crosscutting themes
22. Covid-19 and migrant workers: The Gulf and Singapore
Habibul Khondker, Abu Dhabi
23. Covid-19 and science: Italy and late modernity
Luciano d’Andrea and Andrea Declich, Rome
24. Global Infodemic: Covid-19 and the organization of disinformation
Wasim Khaled and Naushad UzZaman
Conclusion
Habibul Khondker and Jan Nederveen Pieterse
Afterword
Biography
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.
'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
