Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Book Chapter Book Chapter Faculty Publications- Book Chapter Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Kerala, India Experience of Facing the COVID-19 Pandemic Subject The topic of the resource COVID-19; Decentralized governance; Kerala; Kudumbashree; Publicaction; Social democracy Description An account of the resource Kerala, a southwestern state of India, reported the first COVID-19 case in India. Its alert health department went into a detailed preparation to face the pandemic and its related effects. Kerala soon earned international attention for its handling of the COVID-19 emergency. Some of the factors that are outstanding about Kerala, apart from its achievements in education and healthcare, are decentralized governance, active public involvement, and a high level of womens participation. This chapter explores Keralas COVID-19 crisis management during the first phase of the pandemic. It explains how the welfare system of Kerala, which is the outcome of the years of accountable governance, has worked to provide a protective safety net to the people of Kerala. The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource George A. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The Coronavirus Crisis and Challenges to Social Development: Global Perspectives, pp. 251-261. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Springer International Publishing Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2022-01-01 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context <a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-84678-7_22" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-84678-7_22</a> <br /><br /><a href="https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85152341203&amp;doi=10.1007%2F978-3-030-84678-7_22&amp;partnerID=40&amp;md5=c6fff254f1524b30fcc63a8efb0f93f1" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85152341203&amp;doi=10.1007%2f978-3-030-84678-7_22&amp;partnerID=40&amp;md5=c6fff254f1524b30fcc63a8efb0f93f1</a> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Restricted Access Relation A related resource ISBN: 978-303084678-7; 978-303084677-0 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Online Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Book chapter Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant George A., Christ (Deemed to be) University, Bangalore, India