Highlights
Kerala’s pandemic management has been a decisive test of the “Kerala model of development”.
Behind Kerala’s relative success were robust public institutions, the legacy of the “Kerala model” built over many years.
This pandemic shows that even a participatory social democratic state face tough challenge in managing crises and guaranteeing basic security.
The unhealthy combination of adversarial politics and consensus-based democratic approach led to the surge in Covid 19 infections in Kerala.
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