COVID-19 and the state

Gisselquist, Rachel M.; Vaccaro, Andrea

doi:10.35188/unu-wider/2021/018-4

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“…However, these factors alone cannot fully explain the variances in the disease transmission (Mecenas et al 2020;Sylvia 2020). Gisselquist and Vaccaro (2021) conclude that although the absolute number of deaths remained lower than in other regions, the disease has been more lethal in Africa.…”

Section: The Paradoxesmentioning

confidence: 74%

“…Although the effectiveness of the African state (Gisselquist and Vaccaro 2021) is less developed than in other parts of the world, the residual capacity (K. T. Asante 2022) of many African countries cannot be ignored in the spectrum of justifications for Africa's success story. African countries that fought the world's deadliest Ebola epidemic from 2013 to 2016 had already perfected public health protocols such as isolation, contact tracing, and quarantine that were implemented in response to the COVID-19 pandemic (Soy 2020).…”

Section: The Paradoxesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Ghana's success story in protecting the lives of Ghanaians from the plague of COVID-19 cannot be attributed to mere luck. According to Fukuyama (2021) and Gisselquist and Vaccaro (2021), state effectiveness has been one of the primary determinants of successful pandemic responses.…”

Section: Ghana's Effectiveness In Governing the Covid-19 Pandemicmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Humanity over economy: biopolitical responses to the COVID-19 pandemic in Ghana

McKeown¹

2022

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Section: The Paradoxesmentioning

confidence: 74%

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Humanity over economy: biopolitical responses to the COVID-19 pandemic in Ghana

McKeown¹

2022

WIDER Working Paper

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“…Since previous research shows that state capacity decreases the spread (Nabin et al 2021) and fatality from COVID-19 (Gisselquist and Vaccaro 2021;Serikbayeva et al 2021), it is unclear if Jain et al's (2021) findings are driven by democracy, state capacity, or both.…”

Section: Relevant Literaturementioning

confidence: 99%

Fighting the Disease or Manipulating the Data? Democracy, State Capacity, and the COVID-19 Pandemic

Knutsen,

Kolvani

2024

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In this article, the authors discuss and analyze how regime type and state capacity shape the abilities and incentives of political leaders to respond to covid-19. They suggest that a complementary relationship exists between democracy and state capacity, both in terms of mitigating the adverse consequences of the pandemic, such as deaths, and the honest reporting of these consequences. Using a recent global data set on officially reported covid-19 deaths and estimated deaths based on excess mortality, the authors present evidence that supports different implications from their argument. Empirically, democracies have much higher officially reported death tolls than do autocracies, a result driven by underreporting in autocracies. In high-capacity states, democracies have fewer covid-19 deaths than do autocracies. State capacity generally seems to mitigate both deaths and underreporting, but these relationships are stronger in democracies. Countries that combine democracy with high state capacity experience fewer covid-19 deaths and provide more accurate tolls of the pandemic’s consequences.

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“…The articles in this special issue unpack the role of politics in confronting an existential health crisis such as the COVID-19 pandemic. Specifically, it delineates three core dimensions of the state necessary to address such a crisis: authority, capacity, and legitimacy (Gisselquist and Vaccaro 2021).…”

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confidence: 99%