This book evaluates the factors behind Mexico’s painful experience with the Covid-19 crisis, a country that ranked fifth in the world for the number of deaths caused by the virus. Through a series of vignettes, its authors point to pandemic politics as the culprit. With a focus on the nexus of global governance and government in the Mexican case, they underline the politicized nature of domestic, international, and transnational responses to the pandemic. The chapters analyse the multiple political dimensions that affected the ability of intergovernmental and governmental authorities to construct timely, effective, and equitable health security against the COVID virus, including symbolic politics, medical populism, global political economy, disease diplomacy, epistemic communities, and federalism. This volume builds an interdisciplinary analysis of the politics of pandemic governance bridging political science, international relations, public policy and public administration, and public health.
The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license.
Edited by:
Thomas F Legler
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions:
Height: 234mm,
Width: 156mm,
Weight: 594g
ISBN: 9781032737973
ISBN 10: 1032737972
Series: The Politics of Pandemics
Pages: 216
Publication Date: 12 February 2025
Audience:
College/higher education
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Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
1. Introduction 2. Governance Gaps in Transnational Crisis Management: Mexico and WHO Responses to COVID-19, Laura Zamudio González 3. Rethinking the Role of Epistemic Communities in the International Response to Pandemics: Mexico's Response to COVID-19, María Esther Coronado Martínez 4. The Pernicious Impact of Pandemic Politics: Mexico’s Experience with COVID-19 Vaccine Governance, Thomas Legler 5. Multi Stakeholder Partnerships for Migrant Healthcare Access at the U.S.-Mexico Border (San Diego-Tijuana) During The COVID-19 Pandemic, Valeria Marina Valle, Caroline Irene Deschak and Michelle Ruiz Valdes 6. Health Systems Resilience and the COVID-19 Pandemic in Ecuador and Mexico María Gabriela Palacio Ludeña, Universiteit Leiden, Netherlands Ricardo Velázquez Leyer, Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico 7. Limitations of Collaborative Governance Within Mexico’s Highly Disbalanced Federalist System, Heidi Jane M. Smith 8. Conclusion, It’s the Politics, Stupid: The Challenge of Minimizing Their Negative Impact on Future Pandemics, Thomas Legler
Thomas Legler is professor of international relations and former University Research Director at the Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico City. He is a member of the National System of Researchers in Mexico, level III. His research focuses on topics related to regional governance and institutions in Latin America, including the Organization of American States and the Inter-American System, international democracy promotion, the Pacific Alliance, inter-presidentialism, and informal intergovernmental organizations.
