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Responding to the Coronavirus pandemic: A tale of two cities

By: Weng, Shi-Hong et al.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: American Review of Public Administration Description: 50(6-7), Aug-Oct, 2020: p.497-504.Subject(s): COVID-19, Pandemic response, Emergency management, Comparative public management, Public governance In: American Review of Public AdministrationSummary: This study compares the experiences of Shanghai in China and Los Angeles in the United States to illustrate four tension points in pandemic responses: immediacy versus thoroughness, transparency versus secrecy and security, centralization versus decentralization, and state-driven solutions versus coproduction. Based on the case analysis, strategic management and planning practices in six stages of pandemic response are recommended. The study also suggests research questions for future comparative research to examine more carefully how pandemic responses should vary due to institutional differences and local contextualization and adaptation. - Reproduced
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This study compares the experiences of Shanghai in China and Los Angeles in the United States to illustrate four tension points in pandemic responses: immediacy versus thoroughness, transparency versus secrecy and security, centralization versus decentralization, and state-driven solutions versus coproduction. Based on the case analysis, strategic management and planning practices in six stages of pandemic response are recommended. The study also suggests research questions for future comparative research to examine more carefully how pandemic responses should vary due to institutional differences and local contextualization and adaptation. - Reproduced

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