Coronavirus Politics: The Comparative Politics and Policy of COVID-19

by Scott L. Greer, Elizabeth King, Elize Massard Da Fonseca

COVID-19 is the most significant global crisis of any of our lifetimes. The numbers have been stupefying, whether of infection and mortality, the scale of public health measures, or the economic consequences of shutdown. Coronavirus Politics identifies key threads in the global comparative discussion that continue to shed light on COVID-19 and shape debates about what it means for scholarship in health and comparative politics. Editors Scott L. Greer, Elizabeth J. King, Elize Massard da Fonseca, and André Peralta-Santos bring together over 30 authors versed in politics and the health issues in order to understand the health policy decisions, the public health interventions, the social policy decisions, their interactions, and the reasons. The book’s coverage is global, with a wide range of key and exemplary countries, and contains a mixture of comparative, thematic, and templated country studies. All go beyond reporting and monitoring to develop explanations that draw on the authors' expertise while engaging in structured conversations across the book.

662 pages, Paperback

Published April 19, 2021

About the author

Scott L. Greer is Assistant Professor of Health Management and Policy at the University of Michigan School of Public Health and is Senior Research Fellow at LSE Health.

Reviews

[Andy Febrico Bintoro · Rating 4 out of 5]

Political maneuvers

This is a long read, contains of political maneuvers on countries facing covid 19. We could learn many things here, though maybe for some people this is a boring book.

[Austin Wu · Rating 4 out of 5]

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