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Baldwin Peter (University Of California Los Angeles)
Fighting The First Wave Why The Coronavirus Was Tackled So Differently Across The Globe
Fighting The First Wave Why The Coronavirus Was Tackled So Differently Across The Globe
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Description: 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.
Title: Fighting The First Wave Why The Coronavirus Was Tackled So Differently Across The Globe
Author(s): Baldwin Peter (University Of California Los Angeles)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Barcode: 9781316518335
Pages: 392 Pages, Worked Examples Or Exercises
Publication Date: 3/18/2021
Category: Public Health & Preventive Medicine
Description: 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.
Title: Fighting The First Wave Why The Coronavirus Was Tackled So Differently Across The Globe
Author(s): Baldwin Peter (University Of California Los Angeles)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Barcode: 9781316518335
Pages: 392 Pages, Worked Examples Or Exercises
Publication Date: 3/18/2021
Category: Public Health & Preventive Medicine