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27. Long Essay Question: There is no specific lengthy here, I want to see how you apply these authors analytically in answer the following prompt.

Scenario:

Scenario: It is the year 2021-2022 and a global pandemic in the form of a new strain of the Covid virus has struck the world. This virus has spread around the globe, impacting every country. However, states and their governments have responded differently to this pandemic with some arguing that certain states have responded better than others.

As political scientists you are asked to provide analysis of what factors are necessary to help us understand how effective a countrys response will be. In other words, how can we begin to understand and analyze how countries will respond differently to this ongoing crisis?

In order to answer this question, I want you to draw upon the following authors: Fukuyama, Weber, and Robinson and Acemoglu (Why Nations Fail, and the Narrow Corridor). What do these authors say about questions of state power, scope and capacity, institutions, and how do these authors inform the ongoing pandemic crisis? You must use these authors and directly quote from the readings to do well on this question. You must have a minimum of five quotes to be successful on this essay question.

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