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State Capacity and COVID-19 lockdowns - a Case-Study on Brazil, Chile and Paraguay.

Berglund Wiklund, Lovisa LU (2020) STVA22 20201
Department of Political Science
Abstract
This paper tests the applicability of state-capacity theories concerning countries decision to carry out national ’lockdowns’ during the initial phase of the COVID-19 pandemic. It draws on previous research by Axel Cronert and deepens his conclusion of high state-capacity’s connection to slow implementation of disruptive measures through a contrasting qualitative analysis. By measuring infrastructural state-capacity via a definition from Hillel D. Soifer a multiple-case study on Brazil, Chile and Paraguay is made. By evaluating statistics and empirical investigations I conclude that there seems to be a positive correlation between some aspects on infrastructural state capacity and slow implementation of national quarantines. These findings... (More)
This paper tests the applicability of state-capacity theories concerning countries decision to carry out national ’lockdowns’ during the initial phase of the COVID-19 pandemic. It draws on previous research by Axel Cronert and deepens his conclusion of high state-capacity’s connection to slow implementation of disruptive measures through a contrasting qualitative analysis. By measuring infrastructural state-capacity via a definition from Hillel D. Soifer a multiple-case study on Brazil, Chile and Paraguay is made. By evaluating statistics and empirical investigations I conclude that there seems to be a positive correlation between some aspects on infrastructural state capacity and slow implementation of national quarantines. These findings suggest that a more detailed qualitative study should be issued in order to further the potential understanding of this phenomenon. (Less)
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author
Berglund Wiklund, Lovisa LU
supervisor
organization
course
STVA22 20201
year
type
L2 - 2nd term paper (old degree order)
subject
keywords
coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), state-capacity, quarantine, Paraguay, Chile, Brazi
language
English
id
9009316
date added to LUP
2020-09-21 13:28:55
date last changed
2020-09-21 13:28:55
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  abstract     = {{This paper tests the applicability of state-capacity theories concerning countries decision to carry out national ’lockdowns’ during the initial phase of the COVID-19 pandemic. It draws on previous research by Axel Cronert and deepens his conclusion of high state-capacity’s connection to slow implementation of disruptive measures through a contrasting qualitative analysis. By measuring infrastructural state-capacity via a definition from Hillel D. Soifer a multiple-case study on Brazil, Chile and Paraguay is made. By evaluating statistics and empirical investigations I conclude that there seems to be a positive correlation between some aspects on infrastructural state capacity and slow implementation of national quarantines. These findings suggest that a more detailed qualitative study should be issued in order to further the potential understanding of this phenomenon.}},
  author       = {{Berglund Wiklund, Lovisa}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{State Capacity and COVID-19 lockdowns - a Case-Study on Brazil, Chile and Paraguay.}},
  year         = {{2020}},
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