Federalism, Intergovernmental Conflict, and the Covid-19 Crises in Latin America
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10933571 |
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| Authors | Lucas I González (0000-0002-9512-6049, National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET), Buenos Aires, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 56 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 271-295 |
| Publication date | 2025-05-07 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Publius The Journal of Federalism (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0048-5950 • E-ISSN: 1747-7107 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/publius/pjaf015 |
| OpenAlex | W4410158087 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 15 |
The COVID-19 pandemic posed enormous challenges for governments worldwide to coordinate response efforts, particularly in federal countries. Without observing a clear relationship between federal and unitary countries and the number of deaths from COVID-19 in previous studies, this article explores whether conflicts (or cooperation) between levels of government are associated with more deaths. It codes intergovernmental conflicts examining at least three newspapers every day during the first year of the pandemic in eighteen Latin American countries. Controlling for demographic and socioeconomic variables, results from a regression analysis show a temporal relationship between conflicts and more deaths. The case studies contrast two federations, Argentina and Brazil, with a unitary country, Uruguay, to explore the effects of different forms of cooperation and conflicts. The article concludes by raising some comparative implications for health policies in federal and unitary countries
2019-20 coronavirus outbreak · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) · Development economics · Economics · Federalism · Latin Americans · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) · Sociology · Law · Medicine · Politics and Society in Latin America · Public Administration · Social Policy and Reform Studies · Virology
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