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COVID-19 is the most significant global crisis of any of our lifetimes. The numbers have been stupefying, whether of infection and mortality, the scale of public health measures, or the economic consequences of shutdown. Coronavirus Politics identifies key threads in the global comparative discussion that continue to shed light on COVID-19 and shape debates about what it means for scholarship in health and comparative politics. Editors Scott L. Greer, Elizabeth J. King, Elize Massard da Fonseca, and André Peralta-Santos bring together over 30 authors versed in politics and the health issues in order to understand the health policy decisions, the public health interventions, the social policy decisions, their interactions, and the reasons. The book’s coverage is global, with a wide range of key and exemplary countries, and contains a mixture of comparative, thematic, and templated country studies. All go beyond reporting and monitoring to develop explanations that draw on the authors' expertise while engaging in structured conversations across the book.

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  1. Part I
  1. 1. Introduction: Explaining Pandemic Response
  2. Scott L. Greer, Elizabeth J. King, Elize Massard da Fonseca
  1. Part II: Asia
  1. 8. Fighting COVID-19 in Japan: A Success Story?
  2. Takashi Nagata, Akihito Hagihara, Alan Kawarai Lefor, Ryozo Matsuda, Monika Steffen
  1. Part III: Europe
  1. 18. Italy’s Response to COVID-19
  2. Michelle Falkenbach, Manuela Caiani
  1. 20. A Tale of Two Pandemics in Three Countries: Portugal, Spain, and Italy
  2. André Peralta-Santos, Luis Saboga-Nunes, Pedro C. Magalhães
  1. Part IV: Americas
  1. 25. The Politics and Policy of Canada’s COVID-19 Response
  2. Patrick Fafard, Adèle Cassola, Margaret MacAulay, Michèle Palkovits
  1. 26. Anatomy of a Failure: COVID-19 in the United States
  2. Phillip M. Singer, Charley E. Willison, N’dea Moore-Petinak, Scott L. Greer
  1. 27. COVID-19 in Brazil: Presidential Denialism and the Subnational Government’s Response
  2. Elize Massard da Fonseca, Nicoli Nattrass, Luísa Bolaffi Arantes, Francisco Inácio Bastos
  1. Part V: Africa
  1. 31. Adapting COVID-19 Containment in Africa: Lessons from Tanzania
  2. Thespina (Nina) Yamanis, Ruth Carlitz, Henry A. Mollel
  1. 34. Conclusion
  2. Scott L. Greer, Elize Massard da Fonesca, Elizabeth J. King
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