Compensating for the ‘Authoritarian Advantage’ in Crisis Response
A Comparative Case Study of Sars Pandemic Responses in China and Taiwan
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7871024 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jonathan Schwartz (0000-0001-8965-6337, State University of New York, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 313-331 |
| Publication date | 2012-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Chinese Political Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1080-6954 • E-ISSN: 1555-7898 |
| Publisher | Springer Science and Business Media LLC (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1007/s11366-012-9204-4 |
| PMID | 32288475 |
| OpenAlex | W2036446288 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 30 |
| References cited | 8 |
Why do some countries more effectively respond to crises than others? This paper compares China's relatively effective response to the 2002-3 SARS outbreak with Taiwan's relatively ineffective response, focusing on three variables that constitute China's 'authoritarian advantage' - centralized decision making powers; public support; and, relations with the mass media. The paper rejects a fourth explanatory variable specific to the Taiwan case - membership in international organizations. Drawing heavily on the Taiwan example, the paper concludes by suggesting options for overcoming the authoritarian advantage in pandemic response
2019-20 coronavirus outbreak · Authoritarianism · China · Crisis response · Democracy · Development economics · Economics · Outbreak · Pandemic · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography · Disaster Management and Resilience · Global Security and Public Health · Law · Medicine · Virology
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| Unique citing works | 30 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 3 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2026 (11) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 29 |