Unmasking the social policy responses of COVID-19 in four Southeast Asian Nations: institutional patterns and policy adjustment
Issued Date
2022-01-01
Resource Type
ISSN
02185385
Scopus ID
2-s2.0-85141561458
Journal Title
Asia Pacific Journal of Social Work and Development
Volume
32
Issue
4
Start Page
294
End Page
317
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SCOPUS
Bibliographic Citation
Asia Pacific Journal of Social Work and Development Vol.32 No.4 (2022) , 294-317
Suggested Citation
Yuda T.K., Kim M., Pholpark A., Bin Aedy Rahman H.N. Unmasking the social policy responses of COVID-19 in four Southeast Asian Nations: institutional patterns and policy adjustment. Asia Pacific Journal of Social Work and Development Vol.32 No.4 (2022) , 294-317. 317. doi:10.1080/02185385.2022.2136234 Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/87597
Title
Unmasking the social policy responses of COVID-19 in four Southeast Asian Nations: institutional patterns and policy adjustment
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Abstract
This article aimed to compare the social policy responses to COVID-19 in Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines and Thailand using an institutionalist’s perspective. So far, the crisis expanded social protection through temporary schemes, with rare reforms, and opened greater possibilities for future institutionalisation of new policies. We argue that the COVID-19 policy responses must be viewed as an unfinished agenda of expansion-driven policy responses to the 1997–1998 financial crisis. Still, these are different sets of measures from the previous crisis, which have been characterised by minimal systemic changes. The variegated responses of countries reveal hitherto unexplored policy implications for the Southeast Asian region.