{"product_id":"how-states-respond-to-crisis-rachel-m-gisselquist-9780198907206","title":"How States Respond to Crisis: Pandemic Governance Across the Global South","description":"This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO licence. It is free to read at Oxford Academic and is offered as a free PDF download from OUP and selected open access locations. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWe expect the state to matter in times of crisis, for more 'capable' or 'stronger' states to better provide for and protect their populations. But how is it, precisely, that the quality of the state matters? This volume speaks to this question through comparative study of how diverse states in the Global South responded to the COVID-19 pandemic, the largest global crisis in recent memory. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBringing together insights from quantitative cross-country analysis and detailed country case studies, \u003cem\u003eHow States Respond to Crisis\u003c\/em\u003e analyses the ways in which the quality of the state - in terms of its capacity, authority, and legitimacy - affected pandemic governance and health outcomes. Overall, while the significance of state capacity to deliver public services in effective pandemic response is clear, so too is striking variation among states lacking 'strong' capacity. State legitimacy and authority shed light on this variation, linked in particular to the degree to which governments' responses were evidence-based versus politically driven, and the tenor of citizen compliance with and government enforcement of public health regulations. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSeven case study chapters authored by leading scholars of each country provide deep and specific insight into these relationships in Bolivia, Ghana, Nicaragua, Peru, the Philippines, Tanzania, and Vietnam. Extending beyond a literature on the state based heavily on study of Global North contexts, this volume sheds new light on the nature of the state and its role in crisis response and development.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rachel M. Gisselquist\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0198907206\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780198907206\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/27\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Rachel M. Gisselquist","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46807188177151,"sku":"9780198907206","price":110.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e1cdd4c2-be38-401e-ac4f-846b192a6460.jpg?v=1745378780","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/how-states-respond-to-crisis-rachel-m-gisselquist-9780198907206","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}