Democracy Disadvantage
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Author_Brian K. Grodsky
authoritarianism
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China
comparative politics
COVID
COVID response
democracy
disaster management
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Governance
pandemic
Populism
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Russia
United States
Product details
- ISBN 9781538192115
- Weight: 417g
- Dimensions: 151 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 31 Jan 2024
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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Populists are conventionally maligned as impediments to effective policymaking. They tend to undermine state institutions, exercise personalistic rule, and offer simplistic solutions to complex societal problems. But is populism always a hindrance to good governance? In this book, Brian Grodsky argues that the interplay between populism and regime type can upend expected levels of political responsiveness based on regime considerations alone. The result can be a reversal of the so-called “democratic advantage,” according to which public accountability in democratic regimes drives action beyond what is typically expected under authoritarianism. Grodsky explores the government policy response to the COVID-19 pandemic in three populist states: the United States (a democracy); China (a non-democracy); and Russia (a hybrid regime). This insightful, exploratory analysis is essential reading for students and scholars of comparative politics, populism, and disaster management.
Brian K. Grodsky is a former U.S. diplomat and reporter, and current professor of comparative and international politics at University of Maryland, Baltimore County. He is also a practitioner in the disaster sphere, having worked for more than two decades on local and national fire, rescue, and emergency medical teams. His three most recent books, The Democratization Disconnect, Social Movements and the New State, and The Costs of Justice, all explore challenges in democratizing states.
