Politics in a Pandemic: Governance and Crisis Management in Southeast Asia

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Meredith L. Weiss (University at Albany, SUNY) Nicole Curato (University of Canberra)

Politics in a Pandemic

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Governance and Crisis Management in Southeast Asia

Meredith L. Weiss (University at Albany, SUNY), Nicole Curato (University of Canberra), Meredith L. Weiss (University at Albany, SUNY)

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English

Cambridge University Press
08 January 2026

Development studies; Political science & theory; Political economy; Public health & safety law; Infectious & contagious diseases

Series: Elements in Politics and Society in Southeast Asia

The COVID-19 pandemic offers unique insight into how regimes govern in 'hard times.' In Southeast Asia, public health and economic strain revealed the scope for adaptation in the face of crisis, against the pull of path-dependent habits and patterns. Recent experience of SARS and other outbreaks, as well as wider political and economic contexts, shaped readiness and responses. Especially important were legacies of the developmental-state model. Even largely absent a prior welfarist turn, core developmentalist attributes helped foster citizen buy-in and compliance: how efficiently and well states could coordinate provision of necessary infrastructure, spur biomedical innovation, marshal resources, tamp down political pressure, and constrain rent-seeking, all while maintaining popular trust. Also salient to pandemic governance were the actual distribution of authority, beyond what institutional structures imply, and the extent to which state–society relations, including habits of coercion or rent-seeking, encourage more or less programmatic or confidence-building frames and approaches.

By: Meredith L. Weiss (University at Albany SUNY), Nicole Curato (University of Canberra), Meredith L. Weiss (University at Albany, SUNY)
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Weight: 281g
ISBN: 9781009479318
ISBN 10: 1009479318
Series: Elements in Politics and Society in Southeast Asia
Pages: 98
Publication Date: 08 January 2026
Audience: College/higher education , Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

1. Introduction; 2. Understanding COVID-19 in Southeast Asia; 3. What shaped Southeast Asian states' performance?; 4. Implications and conclusions; References.