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China versus the US in the Pandemic Crisis: The State-People Nexus Confronting Systemic Challenges

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  • Dic Lo

    (Department of Economics, SOAS University of London)

  • Yuning Shi

    (Department of Economics, SOAS University of London)

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The control of the COVID-19 crisis requires strong and rapid actions of each nation-state, but multiple facets of the ineffectiveness have been exposed so far. This paper seeks to characterise and assess the handling of the public health emergency in China and the United States. The exposition focuses on the governance structures and state-people dynamics of the two countries, drawing on the framework of “exit, voice, and loyalty†developed by Albert Hirschman. The paper concludes that the Chinese “tough model†appears to have facilitated a virtuous circle of the state-people interaction, whereas the US “loose model†has led to a vicious circle.

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  • Dic Lo & Yuning Shi, 2020. "China versus the US in the Pandemic Crisis: The State-People Nexus Confronting Systemic Challenges," Working Papers 237, Department of Economics, SOAS University of London, UK.
    • Handle: RePEc:soa:wpaper:237
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    Keywords

    coronavirus; systemic challenges; governance; state-people relationship; comparative political economy;
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    JEL classification:

    • H12 - Public Economics - - Structure and Scope of Government - - - Crisis Management
    • I18 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health
    • P16 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Capitalist Economies - - - Capitalist Institutions; Welfare State

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