The Coronavirus Pandemic and Global Governance: The Domestic Diffusion of Health Norms in Global Health Security Crises

The recent outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic demands imperative discussions in field health security and global governance. Traditional studies on care governance have acknowledged significance “global” as it rested fact that epidemics pandemics are not restricted within national boundaries. has challenged hierarchical division norm diffusion. Despite structural inequalities, patterns behavior various countries, such China, USA, Italy, South Korea, India, managing crisis suggest a favorable ground for bringing importance national-level decision-making versus local debate. Building upon arguments from theories diffusion, article contributes to our understanding an effective analysis politics governance, power channels diffusion essential norms cannot be undermined. role played by local-level processes, this case, state actors reshaping integrating make workable broader relevance. As result, following analyzes global–local dynamics with regard public context spread threat.