How do these authors inform the ongoing pandemic crisis

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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: 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 approaching this question from a comparative politics perspective, how can we begin to understand and analyze why countries behave differently and respond differently to this ongoing crisis?

In order to answer this question, I want you 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 and capacity, institutions, and balance of power between the state and society, and how do these authors inform the ongoing pandemic crisis?

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