Comparative Federalism and Covid-19 : : Combating the Pandemic.

• Superior document: Routledge Studies in Federalism and Decentralization Series
• Author: Steytler, Nico.
• Place / Publishing House: Milton : : Taylor & Francis Group,, 2021.; ©2022.
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Routledge Studies in Federalism and Decentralization Series
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (454 pages)

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.