Federalism, intergovernmental conflict, and the COVID-19 crises in Latin America

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...

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Autor principal: González, Lucas I.
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Publicado: Oxford Academic 2025
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COVID-19
PANDEMIA
FEDERALISMO
CONFLICTOS POLITICOS
CRISIS SANITARIA
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spelling I33-R139-123456789-204582025-09-09T05:01:36Z Federalism, intergovernmental conflict, and the COVID-19 crises in Latin America González, Lucas I. COVID-19 PANDEMIA FEDERALISMO CONFLICTOS POLITICOS CRISIS SANITARIA 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. 2025-09-08T17:40:01Z 2025-09-08T17:40:01Z 2025 Artículo https://repositorio.uca.edu.ar/handle/123456789/20458 10.1093/publius/pjaf015 eng Atribución-NoComercial-CompartirIgual 4.0 Internacional http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ application/pdf Brasil Argentina Uruguay Oxford Academic Publius: The Journal of Federalism. 2025.
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topic COVID-19
PANDEMIA
FEDERALISMO
CONFLICTOS POLITICOS
CRISIS SANITARIA
spellingShingle COVID-19
PANDEMIA
FEDERALISMO
CONFLICTOS POLITICOS
CRISIS SANITARIA
González, Lucas I.
Federalism, intergovernmental conflict, and the COVID-19 crises in Latin America
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PANDEMIA
FEDERALISMO
CONFLICTOS POLITICOS
CRISIS SANITARIA
description 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.
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title Federalism, intergovernmental conflict, and the COVID-19 crises in Latin America
title_short Federalism, intergovernmental conflict, and the COVID-19 crises in Latin America
title_full Federalism, intergovernmental conflict, and the COVID-19 crises in Latin America
title_fullStr Federalism, intergovernmental conflict, and the COVID-19 crises in Latin America
title_full_unstemmed Federalism, intergovernmental conflict, and the COVID-19 crises in Latin America
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