State Autonomy Amid a Public Health Crisis: South Korean and Taiwanese COVID-19 Responses Compared

• In Event: Bureaucracy in Authoritarian Systems

Brief Overview

This paper assesses how the bifurcation of developmental states in South Korea and Taiwan has led to two different strategies and policy regimes in responding to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Authors

• Chelsea C. Chou, National Taiwan Universiy

• Hans H. Tung, National Taiwan University