{"id":58341,"date":"2021-11-04T13:10:28","date_gmt":"2021-11-04T04:10:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pp.u-tokyo.ac.jp\/?p=32453"},"modified":"2021-11-04T13:10:28","modified_gmt":"2021-11-04T04:10:28","slug":"2021-11-04-32453-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/graspp.neopa.jp\/en\/events\/2021-11-04-32453-2\/","title":{"rendered":"The Past and Future of the COVID-19 State:  State Capacity, Path Dependency, and the Nature of Policy Punctuations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><b><span lang=\"EN-US\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pp.u-tokyo.ac.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/ProfHowlett_en-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-32452\" \/><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><span lang=\"EN-US\">Public Management Seminar Series<br \/>\n<\/span><\/b><b><span lang=\"EN-US\">Seminar No. 3<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<h2>The Past and Future of the COVID-19 State:<\/h2>\n<h2>State Capacity, Path Dependency, and the Nature of Policy Punctuations<\/h2>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">Professor <\/span>Michael Howlett<span lang=\"EN-US\">, <\/span>Simon Fraser <span lang=\"EN-US\">University<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">Thursday, November 25, 2021<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">9:00 \u2013 10:30 AM (Japan Standard Time)<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span lang=\"EN-US\">Abstract<\/span><\/b><span lang=\"EN-US\">: <\/span>While a terrible tragedy for humankind, the COVID-19 pandemic has been an unprecedented opportunity for policy scientists to examine the utility of concepts and models in the discipline against what is in effect a \u2018natural experiment\u2019 or an impossible to replicate real world situation in which multiple states encountered the same problem, with roughly the same risks, at the exact same time. This situation, among other things, controlled for many otherwise difficult to manage aspects of state policy behaviour and allowed purchase and insight into important questions such as (1) why different governments responded in different ways to the same problem (2) why the strategies they initially adopted proved difficult to change over the course of the pandemic and (3) what impact a crisis of the magnitude and strength of the pandemic has in altering the nature of policy trajectories and the course of the \u201cPost-COVID-19 State\u201d. <span lang=\"EN-US\">This seminar<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\"> <\/span>examines all three issues and assesses how well policy models and concepts perform in explaining these phenomena. In so doing <span lang=\"EN-US\">it<\/span> examines what the activities of governments in and around the pandemic revealed about the quality and utility of policy theories related to key policy concepts like state capacity, path dependency and the nature of policy punctuations.<\/p>\n<p><b><span lang=\"EN-US\">About the speaker<\/span><\/b><span lang=\"EN-US\">: <\/span>Michael Howlett, FRSC\u00a0is\u00a0Burnaby Mountain Professor\u00a0and\u00a0Canada Research Chair <span lang=\"EN-US\">(Tier 1) <\/span>in the Department of Political Science at Simon Fraser University<span lang=\"EN-US\"> in Voncouver, BC, Canada<\/span>. He specializes in public policy analysis, political economy, and resource and environmental policy. <span lang=\"EN-US\">His<\/span>\u00a0detailed bio can be found<span lang=\"EN-US\"> here: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfu.ca\/politics\/people\/profiles\/howlett.html\">https:\/\/www.sfu.ca\/politics\/people\/profiles\/howlett.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"106\" valign=\"top\">Venue<\/td>\n<td width=\"460\" valign=\"top\">Online (Zoom)<\/p>\n<p>A URL link will be emailed to the registrants <span lang=\"EN-US\">by the day<\/span> before the event.<\/p>\n<p>The Zoom session may be recorded for administrative purposes; it will not be broadcast. Recording by the audience is not permitted.<span>\u00a0<\/span>We appreciate your understanding and cooperation. <span lang=\"EN-US\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"106\" valign=\"top\">Language<\/td>\n<td width=\"460\" valign=\"top\">In English<span lang=\"EN-US\">. <\/span>English\u21d4Japanese simultaneous interpretation\u00a0will be provided during the seminar.<\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"106\" valign=\"top\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Moderator<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\"><\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"460\" valign=\"top\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Associate Professor Naomi Aoki<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"106\" valign=\"top\">Registration<\/td>\n<td width=\"460\" valign=\"top\">Required <span lang=\"EN-US\">by<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\"> <\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">November<\/span> 23. Please register using the QR code <span lang=\"EN-US\">above<\/span> or the following link:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/yLR5xzeUPdhDXbL69\">https:\/\/forms.gle\/yLR5xzeUPdhDXbL69<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"106\" valign=\"top\">Admission fee<\/td>\n<td width=\"460\" valign=\"top\">Not required<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"106\" valign=\"top\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">C<\/span>ontact <span lang=\"EN-US\">for inquiries<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\"><\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"460\" valign=\"top\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">GraSPP Research Seminar Secretariat<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">Email: <\/span><a href=\"mailto:graspp_eventinfo@pp.u-tokyo.ac.jp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">graspp_eventinfo*pp.u-tokyo.ac.jp<\/a> <span lang=\"EN-US\">(<\/span>P<span lang=\"EN-US\">l<\/span>ease repla<span lang=\"EN-US\">c<\/span>e * with <span lang=\"EN-US\">@.)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">Related <\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">materials:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Capano, G.<span lang=\"EN-US\">, <\/span>Howlett<span lang=\"EN-US\">, M., Jarvis, D. S. L., <\/span>Ramesh, <span lang=\"EN-US\">M., &amp; <\/span>Goyal<span lang=\"EN-US\">, N<\/span>. <span lang=\"EN-US\">(2020). <\/span>Mobilizing <span lang=\"EN-US\">p<\/span>olicy (<span lang=\"EN-US\">i<\/span>n)<span lang=\"EN-US\">c<\/span>apacity to <span lang=\"EN-US\">f<\/span>ight COVID-19: Understanding <span lang=\"EN-US\">v<\/span>ariations in <span lang=\"EN-US\">s<\/span>tate <span lang=\"EN-US\">r<\/span>esponses. <i>Policy and Society<\/i><span lang=\"EN-US\">, <\/span><i>39<\/i><span lang=\"EN-US\">(<\/span>3<span lang=\"EN-US\">), <\/span>1<span lang=\"EN-US\">&#8211;<\/span>24. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/14494035.2020.1787628\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/14494035.2020.1787628<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Howlett, <span lang=\"EN-US\">M<\/span>. <span lang=\"EN-US\">(2021). <\/span>From <span lang=\"EN-US\">n<\/span>ational <span lang=\"EN-US\">l<\/span>ockdowns to <span lang=\"EN-US\">h<\/span>erd <span lang=\"EN-US\">i<\/span>mmunity: Understanding the <span lang=\"EN-US\">s<\/span>pectrum of <span lang=\"EN-US\">g<\/span>overnment <span lang=\"EN-US\">t<\/span>esponses to COVID-19 (2019-2021). <i>Bestuurskunde<\/i><span lang=\"EN-US\">, <\/span><i>30<\/i><span lang=\"EN-US\">(<\/span>3<span lang=\"EN-US\">),<\/span> 8<span lang=\"EN-US\">-23.<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.5553\/Bk\/092733872021030003002\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.5553\/Bk\/092733872021030003002<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Hogan, J.<span lang=\"EN-US\">, <\/span>Howlett, <span lang=\"EN-US\">M<\/span>., <span lang=\"EN-US\">&amp;<\/span> Murphy, <span lang=\"EN-US\">M<\/span>. Re-<span lang=\"EN-US\">t<\/span>hinking the <span lang=\"EN-US\">c<\/span>oronavirus <span lang=\"EN-US\">p<\/span>andemic as a <span lang=\"EN-US\">p<\/span>olicy <span lang=\"EN-US\">p<\/span>unctuation: COVID-19 as a <span lang=\"EN-US\">p<\/span>ath <span lang=\"EN-US\">c<\/span>learing <span lang=\"EN-US\">p<\/span>olicy <span lang=\"EN-US\">a<\/span>ccelerator. <i>Policy and Society<\/i><i><span lang=\"EN-US\">. <\/span><\/i>Forthcoming<span lang=\"EN-US\">. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Public Management Seminar Series Seminar No. 3 The Past and Future of the COVID-19 State: State Capacity, Path [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[308],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-58341","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events","tag-graspp-research-seminar"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/graspp.neopa.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58341","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/graspp.neopa.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/graspp.neopa.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/graspp.neopa.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/graspp.neopa.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58341"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/graspp.neopa.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58341\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/graspp.neopa.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58341"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/graspp.neopa.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58341"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/graspp.neopa.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58341"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/graspp.neopa.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=58341"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}