An agency perspective of regional economic resilience during COVID-19: the role of the local state’s place-based leadership in Kunshan, China

Author:

Wu Di1ORCID,Hu Xiaohui23ORCID,Chen Wen45,Yuan Feng1ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Key Laboratory of Watershed Geographic Sciences, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences , No. 73, Beijing East Road, Xuanwu District, Nanjing, 210008 , China

2. Jiangsu Center for Collaborative Innovation in Geographical Information Resource Development and Application, School of Geography, Nanjing Normal University , No. 1, Wenyuan Road, Qixia District, Nanjing, 210023 , China

3. Zhejiang Urban Governance Studies Center , No. 2318, Yuhangtang Road, Yuhang District, Hangzhou, 31121 , China

4. Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences , No.73, Beijing East Road, Xuanwu District, Nanjing, 210008 , China

5. College of Resources and Environment, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences , No. 19, Yuquan Road, Shijingshan District, Beijing, 100049 , China

Abstract

Abstract Through a case study of Kunshan, China, this paper shows how a local state utilised place-based leadership to enhance regional economic resilience under the COVID-19 pandemic crisis. It unpacks how Kunshan effectively mitigated early economic disturbances induced by the COVID-19 pandemic, by two ways of leadership actions, namely, enacting jurisdictional power (that is formal leadership), and mobilising wide official and interpersonal networks (that is network leadership). Four specific local-state-led adaptive resilience processes or strategies are identified: stabilising labour supply, mitigating supply-chain disruptions, alleviating financial strains and reconfiguring market orientations. Through these proactive endeavours, the local state played an enabling role in aligning diverse stakeholders and resources across places, scales and sectors, thereby allaying economic shocks and enhancing regional economic resilience. This study contributes to the resilience literature by developing an agency-centric perspective to understanding regional economic resilience during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Funder

National Natural Science Foundation of China

Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Regional Economic Transformation and Management Reform Collaborative Innovation Centre; and Science and Technology Planning Project of NIGLAS

Publisher

Oxford University Press (OUP)

Subject

Economics and Econometrics,Sociology and Political Science,Geography, Planning and Development

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