Description
| Product ID: | 9781316518335 |
| Product Form: | Hardback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Fighting the First Wave |
| Subtitle: | Why the Coronavirus Was Tackled So Differently Across the Globe |
| Authors: | Author: Peter Baldwin |
| Page Count: | 392 |
| Subjects: | Society and culture: general, Society & culture: general, Comparative politics, Public administration, Geopolitics, Labour / income economics, Political economy, Economic and financial crises and disasters, Public health and preventive medicine, Comparative politics, Public administration, Geopolitics, Employment & unemployment, Political economy, Economic & financial crises & disasters, Public health & preventive medicine |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating COVID-19 is the biggest public health and economic disaster of our time. It has posed the same threat across the globe, yet countries responded very differently and some have clearly fared much better than others. Peter Baldwin uncovers why in this first definitive account of the global politics of pandemic. COVID-19 is the biggest public health and economic disaster of our time. It has posed the same threat across the globe, yet countries have responded very differently and some have clearly fared much better than others. Peter Baldwin uncovers the reasons why in this definitive account of the global politics of pandemic. He shows that how nations responded depended above all on the political tools available - how firmly could the authorities order citizens'' lives and how willingly would they be obeyed? In Asia, nations quarantined the infected and their contacts. In the Americas and Europe they shut down their economies, hoping to squelch the virus''s spread. Others, above all Sweden, responded with a light touch, putting their faith in social consensus over coercion. Whether citizens would follow their leaders'' requests and how soon they would tire of their demands were crucial to hopes of taming the pandemic. |
| Imprint Name: | Cambridge University Press |
| Publisher Name: | Cambridge University Press |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2021-03-18 |
