1st Edition
The Subnational State and Crisis Response Understanding Pandemic Governance across India
1 The subnational state and the impact of COVID-19 across India
Rachel M. Gisselquist, Anustup Kundu, Kunal Sen
2 The COVID-19 pandemic and state myopia in Bihar
Avinash Kumar and Manish Kumar
3 The social foundations of (in)effective states: the COVID-19 pandemic and Uttar Pradesh’s response
Indrajit Roy
4 State capacity in mitigating health emergencies: a case study of COVID-19 response in West Bengal
Zaad Mahmood and Achin Chakraborty
5 The role of state capacity and clientelism in shaping COVID-19 pandemic responses in Kerala
Jos Chathukulam and Manasi Joseph
6 Pandemic precarity, state capacity, and governance fault lines: interrogating the paradoxical case of Maharashtra
Manish K Jha
7 Concluding thoughts
Rachel M. Gisselquist, Anustup Kundu, Kunal Sen
Biography
Rachel M. Gisselquist is Professor in Governance and Development, and Director, Governance and Social Development Resource Centre (GSDRC), University of Birmingham, UK.
Anustup Kundu is an Associate Researcher at UNU-WIDER and a Visiting Researcher at the University of Helsinki.
Kunal Sen is Director of UNU-WIDER and Professor of Development Economics in the Global Development Institute, University of Manchester.
