Table of Contents

Introduction: Patterns, confluence, regions

Asia

1. China’s fight against Covid-19: Domestic and external implications

2. South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore and Covid-19

3. China, South Korea, Japan and Covid-19

4. India, Kerala and Covid-19

5. Nepal and Covid-19

6. Indonesia and Covid-19: Decentralization and social conflict

7. Thailand and Covid-19: Institutions and social dynamics from below

Middle East

8. Iran and Covid-19: Institutional configurations

9. Saudi Arabia and Covid-19: Religious institutions

Europe

10. The UK and Covid-19

11. Spain and Covid-19

12. Germany and Covid-19

13. Turkey and Covid-19: Facing a global crisis during a domestic crisis

Americas

14. The US, South Korea, and Covid-19: Governance

15. The United States and Covid-19: Hairpin turns

16. Brazil, South America and Covid-19

17. Cuba dancing with Covid-19: Citizenship and resilience

18. Nicaragua and Covid-19: Authoritarian indifference

Africa

19. Rwanda and Covid-19: Leadership and resilient health system

20. Kenya and Covid-19

21. Africa and Covid-19: Ways forward

Crosscutting Themes

22. Covid-19 and migrant workers: The Gulf and Singapore

23. Covid-19 and science: Italy and late modernity

24. Global infodemic: Covid-19 and the organization of disinformation

Conclusion

Afterword

About the Author

Jan Nederveen Pieterse is Suzanne and Duncan Mellichamp Distinguished Professor of Global Studies and Sociology at University of California Santa Barbara, USA.

Haeran Lim is Professor in Political Science and International Relations, Seoul National University, South Korea.

Habibul Khondker, MA (Carleton, Ottawa), PhD (Pittsburgh) is Professor of Social Sciences at Zayed University, Abu Dhabi.

Reviews

'Simply the best and most authoritative set of articles yet produced on the Covid-19 crisis. Global in scope, and written by top-class academic experts, the book provides an essential source for grasping the impact of the pandemic and what accounts for the huge differences in its impact in different states and regions.'Anthony Giddens, Emeritus Professor at the LSE and Fellow of King's College, Cambridge, UK'An imaginative collection of uniformly perceptive studies examining how different countries have coped with the havoc caused by the coronavirus. A most valuable contribution to a comparative understanding of a nationally mediated global problem.'Bhikhu Parekh, Member of the House of Lords, UK