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Policy Styles and Trust in the Age of Pandemics: Global Threat, National Responses
Rhodes College.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-2457-0561
Mid Sweden University, Faculty of Human Sciences, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences. (RCR)ORCID iD: 0000-0001-7316-4899
University of Surrey.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-3045-2107
Mid Sweden University, Faculty of Human Sciences, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences. (RCR)ORCID iD: 0000-0002-0202-0609
2022 (English)Collection (editor) (Other academic)
Abstract [en]

This book explores the reasons behind the variation in national responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. In doing so, it furthers the policy studies scholarship through an examination of the effects of policy styles on national responses to the pandemic.

Despite governments being faced with the same threat, significant variation in national responses, frequently of contradictory nature, has been observed. Implications about responses inform a broader class of crises beyond this specific context. The authors argue that trust in government interacts with policy styles resulting in different responses and that the acute turbulence, uncertainty, and urgency of crises complicate the ability of policymakers to make sense of the problem. Finally, the book posits that unless there is high trust between society and the state, a decentralized response will likely be disastrous and concludes that while national responses to crises aim to save lives, they also serve to project political power and protect the status quo.

This text will be of key interest to scholars and students of public policy, public administration, political science, sociology, public health, and crisis management/disaster management studies.

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Routledge , 2022. , p. 276
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Routledge Studies in Governance and Public Policy
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Public Administration Studies
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URN: urn:nbn:se:miun:diva-44836DOI: 10.4324/9781003137399Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85142554106ISBN: 9780367683924 (print)OAI: oai:DiVA.org:miun-44836DiVA, id: diva2:1651804
Available from: 2022-04-13 Created: 2022-04-13 Last updated: 2022-12-06Bibliographically approved

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