1st Edition
Democracy, State Capacity and the Governance of COVID-19 in Asia-Oceania
1. Introduction: Democracy and State Capacity during Times of Crisis
Aurel Croissant & Olli Hellmann
2. Policy responses to the COVID-19 pandemic: An aggregate-level comparative analysis
Jale Tosun
3. COVID-19 and Democracy: Creeping Autocratization?
Aurel Croissant & Lars Pelke
4. Closing the borders to COVID-19: Democracy, politics and resilience in Australia and New Zealand
Jennifer Curtin & Dominic O’Sullivan
5. Containing COVID-19 in South Korea and Taiwan: State capacity and geopolitics
Yin-wah Chu
6. Navigating the Early Impacts of COVID-19: South Pacific Viewpoints from Fiji and Samoa
Audrey Aumua, Saunimaa Ma Fulu-Aiolupotea, Tamasailau Suaalii-Sauni & Tim Fadgen
7. The Pandemic and Competitive Authoritarianism in India
Rahul Mukherji and Seyed Hossein Zarhani
8. Economy First: Indonesia’s Calculated Underutilization of State Capacities and Democratic Resources in the Early Phase of COVID-19
Marcus Mietzner
9. COVID-19 in the Philippines and Cambodia: Rising Autocracy and Weak State Capacity
Erik Martinez Kuhonta & Tynarath Huon
10. Singapore and Hong Kong: The Effect of Trust in High-capacity Hybrid Regimes
Mathew Y.H. Wong & Adrian M.H. Lam
11. Proactive Responsiveness and Institutionalization in Vietnam’s Offensive Against COVID-19
Nhu Truong
12. China’s Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic: Navigating Internal and External Challenges
Heike Holbig
13. Conclusion
Aurel Croissant & Olli Hellmann
Biography
Aurel Croissant is Professor of Political Science at Heidelberg University, Germany. His research focusses on issues of democratization, authoritarianism, civil-military relations and Asian politics.
Olli Hellmann is Senior Lecturer in Political Science at the University of Waikato, Aotearoa New Zealand. He has previously published on democratization and autocratic regime resilience in East Asia, including in Party Politics and Democratization.
