Public governance, agility and pandemics: a case study of the UK response to COVID-19
Public governance, agility and pandemics: a case study of the UK response to COVID-19
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10.1177/0020852320983406
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发表时间：
2021-01-14
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2.3
通讯作者：
Joyce, Paul
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作者：
Joyce, Paul
英国政府领导人最初认为，它是为应对大流行做好最充分准备的政府之一。到2020年6月，政府最初的自信与新冠肺炎的攻击性和剧毒之间的碰撞结果显而易见。英国是世界上新冠肺炎死亡率最高的国家之一。本文从公共行政和治理的角度探讨了英国政府对新冠肺炎的回应。它使用事实信息和统计数据来考虑政府的准备和战略决策、政府反应的交付以及公众对政府的信心。对实践者的建议通过应用测试可能的经验包括：使用预防原则在政府战略中设定规划假设，以创造在大混乱期间政府灵活的可能性。利用中央政府的领导作用来促进和支持地方的主动和行动反应，以及利用当地的资源和资产。选择明智的政府应对措施，以解决拯救生命的目标和其他政府目标之间的矛盾，并避免做出不令人满意的妥协选择。
The UK government's leaders initially believed that it was among the best-prepared governments for a pandemic. By June 2020, the outcome of the collision between the government's initial confidence, on the one hand, and the aggressiveness and virulence of COVID-19, on the other, was evident. The UK had one of the worst COVID-19 mortality rates in the world. This article explores the UK government's response to COVID-19 from a public administration and governance perspective. Using factual information and statistical data, it considers the government's preparedness and strategic decisions, the delivery of the government response, and public confidence in the government.Points for practitionersPossible lessons for testing through application include:Use the precautionary principle to set planning assumptions in government strategies to create the possibility of government agility during a pandemic.Use central government's leadership role to facilitate and enable local initiative and operational responses, as well as to take advantage of local resources and assets.Choose smart government responses that address tensions between the goal of saving lives and other government goals, and beware choices that are unsatisfactory compromises.