01481nam a22001577a 4500 517708 517708 210724b ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d Bowman, Ann O’M. and McKenzie, James H. 27973 Managing a pandemic at a less than global scale: Governors take the lead American Review of Public Administration 50(6-7), Aug-Oct, 2020: p.551-559 This article explores the roles played by state governments, and particularly governors, in dealing with an extremely disruptive event—the coronavirus global pandemic. The inquiry focuses on March and April 2020, a period characterized by significant public health challenges and severe economic stress. The coronavirus pandemic did not affect states at the same time or with the same intensity and as a consequence, governors varied somewhat in terms of when they acted and which policies they adopted. As shown in the article, gubernatorial interactions with other states were at times cooperative, in other instances they were competitive. Two states—Texas and Pennsylvania—are singled out for an examination of within-state dynamics. The article ends with brief reflections on the lessons of the coronavirus for public sector management in a federal system of government. - Reproduced Pandemic, Federalism, States, Governors, Policy adoption 25689 American Review of Public Administration COVID 19 PANDEMIC AR 0 0 ddc 0 0 391776 IIPA IIPA 2021-07-24 50(6-7), Aug-Oct, 2020: p.551-559 AR124969 2021-07-24 AR