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Introduction to the Research Handbook on Public Management and COVID-19

In: Research Handbook on Public Management and COVID-19

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  • Helen Dickinson
  • Catherine Smith
  • Sophie Yates
  • Janine O’Flynn

Abstract

This chapter introduces the book and some key concepts that are important for its context. First, we provide a timeline of COVID-19 and discuss our own experience of the pandemic ‘down under’, highlighting the importance of context to considerations of the pandemic. We then consider the ways that public management has tended to think about crises. Undoubtedly a crisis response was required in the early stages of the pandemic as governments sought to mobilise pandemic preparedness plans, but many of the public management issues that posed challenges beyond the initial crisis stage have long existed, often related to deeply entrenched social inequities. Some scholars suggest this means the field is not currently well-equipped for its task, and therefore the pandemic might offer an opportunity for public management to reflect and reorient to better support governments and public managers in the future.

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  • Helen Dickinson & Catherine Smith & Sophie Yates & Janine O’Flynn, 2024. "Introduction to the Research Handbook on Public Management and COVID-19," Chapters, in: Helen Dickinson & Sophie Yates & Janine O’Flynn & Catherine Smith (ed.), Research Handbook on Public Management and COVID-19, chapter 1, pages 1-17, Edward Elgar Publishing.
    • Handle: RePEc:elg:eechap:21210_1
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