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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>1607-050X</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Desacatos]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Desacatos]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1607-050X</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios Superiores en Antropología Social]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
</journal-meta>
<article-meta>
<article-id>S1607-050X2021000100054</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Covid-19 en Alemania, ¿un milagro?]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Covid-19 in Germany, a Miracle?]]></article-title>
</title-group>
<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Braig]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Marianne]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Libre de Berlín  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ Berlín]]></addr-line>
<country>Alemania</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>04</month>
<year>2021</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>04</month>
<year>2021</year>
</pub-date>
<numero>65</numero>
<fpage>54</fpage>
<lpage>65</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1607-050X2021000100054&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1607-050X2021000100054&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1607-050X2021000100054&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen: Este artículo parte de la pregunta: ¿por qué Alemania atravesó la primera ola de la pandemia mejor que otras regiones, a pesar de que no estaba bien preparada? Después de llevar a cabo una breve cronología, se explican las peculiaridades distintivas del contexto específico alemán. Las razones que el artículo discute y hace visibles son: una fuerte institucionalidad y subsidiariedad basada en instituciones locales y estatales con una capacidad de actuación eficaz; una sociedad civil importante y organizada localmente que estuvo enfocada en la protección civil; un liderazgo político federal con una canciller al frente -Angela Merkel-, que sabe comunicarse con la población de manera serena y atenta. Sin embargo, la pandemia también dejó entrever similitudes con otras regiones, en cuyo análisis se debe profundizar. La pandemia rasgó el telón y dejó ver no sólo las (inter)dependencias globales sino las desigualdades sociales, que la gran mayoría de los alemanes no había visto como problemas suyo con anterioridad.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract: This article asks the question: Why did Germany go through the first wave of the pandemic better than other regions, even though it was not well prepared? After carrying out a short chronology, the distinctive peculiarities of the specific German context are explained. The reasons that the article discusses and renders visible are the following. A strong institutionality and subsidiarity based on local and state institutions with an effective capacity to act; an important and locally organized civil society that was focused on civil protection; political leadership at the federal level with a chancellor-Angela Merkel-at the forefront who knew how to communicate calmly and attentively. However, the pandemic also revealed similarities with other regions whose analysis should be deepened. The pandemic drew back the curtain not only on global (inter)dependencies but also social inequalities, which the vast majority of Germans had not considered as their problems prior to this pandemic.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[ciencia]]></kwd>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[federalismo]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[protección civil]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[inequalities]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[science]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[neoliberal policies]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[federalism]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[civil protection]]></kwd>
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