Explaining China’s Uneven Response to the First Wave Go COVID-19: The Role of Hybrid Bureaucracy in Tackling a Public Health Emergency

• In Event: Bureaucracy in Authoritarian Systems

Brief Overview

This paper argues that a hybrid bureaucracy, which combines two contradictory elements, cadre career incentiveS and laws & regulation, can account for China uneven response to COVID-19.

Author

• Yoel Kornreich, The University of British Columbia