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Comparative Federalism and Covid-19 : Combating the Pandemic.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Steytler, Nico.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Milton : Taylor & Francis Group, 2021.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Routledge Studies in Federalism and Decentralization Series
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Half Title
  • Series Page
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Dedication
  • Contents
  • List of tables and figures
  • List of contributors
  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • Introduction: How federations combat Covid-19
  • PART I: Europe and Eurasia
  • 1. Facing the pandemic: Italy's functional 'health federalism' and dysfunctional cooperation
  • 2. Decentralisation and Covid-19: Stress-testing the Spanish territorial system
  • 3. Germany's fight against Covid-19: The tension between central regulation and decentralised management
  • 4. Managing the Covid-19 pandemic in Austria: From national unity to a de facto unitary state?
  • 5. Managing the Covid-19 crisis in a divided Belgian federation: Cooperation against all odds
  • 6. Weak institutions, positive results: The European Union's response to Covid-19
  • 7. Managing the coronavirus pandemic in Switzerland: How federalism went into emergency mode and struggled to get out of it
  • 8. The Covid-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom: A tale of convergence and divergence
  • 9. Russia's fight against Covid-19: Dealing with a global threat under crisis and stagnation
  • PART II: North America
  • 10. American federalism and Covid-19: Party Trumps policy
  • 11. Facing the coronavirus pandemic in the Canadian federation: Reinforced dualism and muted cooperation?
  • 12. Managing the coronavirus pandemic in a centralised federal system: The case of Mexico
  • PART III: South America
  • 13. Brazil and the fight against Covid-19: Strengthening state and municipal powers
  • 14. Federalism and Covid-19 in Argentina: Centralisation and hyper-presidentialism
  • PART IV: Asia and Australia
  • 15. Pandemic governance in India: The ongoing shift to 'national federalism'
  • 16. The Australian federal response to the Covid-19 crisis: Momentary success or enduring reform?
  • PART V: Africa.
  • 17. Controlling public health emergencies in federal systems: The case of Ethiopia
  • 18. South Africa: Surfing towards centralisation on the Covid-19 wave
  • 19. Managing Covid-19 in a 'façade federalism': The case of Nigeria
  • PART VI: Conclusion
  • 20. Grappling with the pandemic: Rich insights into intergovernmental relations
  • 21. Federalism under pressure: Federal 'health' factors and 'co-morbidities'
  • Index.

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