Governing the Pandemic : : The Politics of Navigating a Mega-Crisis.

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Place / Publishing House:Cham : : Springer International Publishing AG,, 2021.
©2021.
Year of Publication:2021
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (137 pages)
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Preface
  • Contents
  • List of Tables
  • 1 The Year of the Unthinkable
  • Annus Horribilis
  • A Crisis Perspective on Pandemic Governance
  • The Unique Characteristics of the COVID-19 Crisis
  • Incubation and Rapid Escalation
  • A Solidarity Crisis
  • Multiple Domains, Multiple Crises
  • Resulting Challenges
  • How Did It Go? First Impressions
  • Our Systems Were Not Designed for Pandemics
  • Systems Were Stretched to Breaking Point
  • Controversy About Response Strategies
  • Success Stories
  • A Preview of the Book
  • Bibliography
  • 2 What's Going On?
  • A Sense-Making Nightmare
  • Detecting COVID-19: Common Challenges
  • Why Crises Are Easy to Miss
  • The Role of Experts
  • Fantasy Plans
  • Navigating Uncertainty: Science-Policy Interface at Knife's Edge
  • The Precarious Politics of Sense-Making
  • Bibliography
  • 3 Getting Things Done
  • When the Rule Book No Longer Works
  • Governance Challenges
  • First Responses
  • The Politics of Crisis Response
  • Governance Capacity and Legitimacy
  • Boosting Governance Capacity
  • Crafting Legitimate Responses
  • The Politics of Crisis Governance
  • Bibliography
  • 4 Crafting Crisis Narratives
  • Constructing the Meaning of the COVID-19 Crisis
  • The Rise and Fall of Crisis Narratives
  • The Power of Words
  • Framing Contests
  • Winning Factors?
  • Making Meaning of COVID-19
  • A Long Rollercoaster Ride
  • Bibliography
  • 5 Towards Closure
  • The Need for Closure
  • The Politics of Accountability
  • Pressure and Opportunities
  • Effects of the Accountability Process
  • The Politics of Learning
  • Learning Barriers
  • COVID's Long Shadow and the Politics of Memory
  • Bibliography
  • 6 Pathways to Resilience
  • Pivoting Forward
  • Overcoming Organized Blindness
  • Vigilant Decision-Making
  • Managing Fragmentation
  • Credible Crisis Narratives
  • Managing Collective Stress
  • What Matters Now.
  • Bibliography
  • Index.