Crisis Leadership and Public Governance during the COVID–19 Pandemic Internatonal Comparisons

Anthony B L Cheung

Educaton University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Sandra Van Thiel

Erasmus University Roterdam, The Netherlands & Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Key Features

• With 2 di erent countr region chapters, the book presents a airl representatve picture o crisis response in (essentall ) developed economies across East sia, the ceania, Europe and orth merica

• mong various issues and challenges posed b C 9, it ocuses on crisis leadership and public governance, to provide relevant lessons to governments and leaders

• While it avoids umping to an uick appraisal and ranking o internatonal C 9 per ormance, some meaning ul internatonal comparisons are made which relate to crisis response strategies and e ectveness in leadership, governance capacites, insttutonal characteristcs and even cultural legacies

• n additon, all chapter contributors are those highl conversant with their natonal regional s stems and pandemic situatons

• he two co editors are e perienced public administraton and management scholars, one rom sia and the other rom Europe, both with broad internatonal outlook and networks, who have been able to bring about a strong writng team or this book

Descripton

This book explores various issues and challenges emanatng from the COVID-19 pandemic. t e amines how governments worldwide have dealt with the pandemic. Post C 9 and its disruptve impact on social and economic li e as well as public and politcal a tudes, the world is not the same. new normal has dawned in public management and public services, with immense implicatons. his volume collects the lessons drawn rom the pandemic, notabl how crisis leadership and public governance were used to combat the crisis, as well as which aspects were help ul in that regard.

his book covers a total o 7 countries and regions, namel apan, South Korea, Singapore, China ( ainland), Hong Kong, aiwan, ustralia, ew ealand, tal , he etherlands, the ordic Countries ( enmark, orwa , Sweden, inland and celand), the UK and US. Special a enton is drawn to China ( ainland) in partcular, where the pandemic frst broke out. ts subse uent e orts in suppressing the epidemic have been uite stunning. he range enables good internatonal comparisons to be made in crisis leadership, response strategies and e ectveness across contnents, s stems, and cultures (East sia, ceania, Europe and orth merica). While the pandemic is stll ongoing b the tme the book is fnali ed, the e perience gained over more than two ears has provided good ground or lesson drawing.

Authors

Anthony B L Cheung is esearch Chair Pro essor o Public dministraton and ormer President (2008 2), Educaton Universit o Hong Kong. rom ul 20 2 to une 20 7, he was Secretar or ransport and Housing o the Hong Kong Government and Chairman o the Hong Kong Housing uthorit .

Sandra Van Thiel is Pro essor o Public anagement, epartment o Public dministraton and Sociolog at Erasmus Universit o erdam and epartment o Public dministraton at adboud Universit i megen, the etherlands.

January 2023

Imprint: World Scientfc Publishing

Compan

Extent: 400pp

Type: eview olume

Series: Critcal Perspectves and ssues in Governance and Public anagement

Main Subject: Social Sciences

Sub-Subjects: Politcal Science Polic Studies Public Polic Social ssues Human Securit Public Health (+Epidemiolog )

Keywords: Crisis Leadership Crisis

Governance Public dministraton

Public anagement Crisis anagement

Public Polic State Capacit C 9

Readership: Universit and college libraries academics, graduate students and post doctoral researchers in the felds o governance, public administraton, government and politcs, public management, public polic and crisis management public sector managers (especial those who have a role to pla in crisis management and ant epidemic work) asters students in Public dministraton, Public Polic and Public anagement and even programmes those who are generall interested in understanding government work and per ormance, including politcians, politcal part researchers, think tank anal sts and media ournalists

Contents

• Introducton: he World is ot the Same er C 9 ( nthon L Cheung and Sandra van hiel)

• China (Mainland): Strong Crisis Leadership and namic ero Clearing Strateg Challenges and pi alls (Liang a)

• Hong Kong: The Hong Kong Experience: Controlling the Pandemic mid a Politcal Crisis ( nthon L Cheung and le ingwei He)

• Japan: Japan Atemptng to Control the Pandemic: ramework and Polic making ssessments rom Governance and Leadership Perspectves ( kira akamura, omoki i uka and atsu a ogami)

• South Korea: South Korean E perience o ightng gainst C 9 nsttutonal n rastructure, Polic esponses, and Collaboratve Governance (Pan Suk Kim)

• Singapore: Singapore and C 9 rom Containment to uilding Pandemic esilience ( Woo and un Wu)

• aiwan Crisis Leadership and esponse ode during i erent Stages o C 9 he Case o aiwan (Chun Chieh a)

• Australia and New Zealand: he Politcs and Polic o C 9 in ustralia and ew ealand ( lan enna and Shaun Goldfnch)

• Italy: he talian Polic esponse to C 9 id Politcal Leadership a er (Giliberto Capano and Anna Malandrino)

• The Netherlands: Contested ntelligent pproach Crisis anagement and Societal esponse to the C 9 Pandemic in he etherlands (Kees Boersma, Yiannis Kyratsis and Jeroen Wolbers)

• The Nordic Countries: Crisis anagement o the C 9 Pandemic he ordic Wa and Swedish E ceptonalism (Tom Christensen and Per Laegreid )

• The United Kingdom: he Sick an o Europe he United Kingdom s C 9 esponse (Charlote Boin, Martn Lodge and Henry Shields)

• The United States: Leadership and Crisis anagement in C 9 he US E perience hrough anuar 202 (Zachary Cox, Paolo Cavaliere and James Kendra)

• Conclusions: Lessons rom an ngoing Crisis (Sandra van Thiel and Anthony B L Cheung)

Linda Low

Singapore University of Social Sciences, Singapore

Yew Haur Lee

Singapore

University of Social Sciences, Singapore

Key Features

• ocuses on economic, politcal and health issues related to Covid 9 in China and SE

• Contributed b writers who are e perienced pro essionals and specialists with in depth knowledge and understanding o issues arising rom Covid 9

Descripton

This book seeks to understand the New Normal in a post-Covid-19 world, amid the ongoing batle against the pandemic. With emerging variants like micron, it is likel that the fght against Covid 9 would be a protracted one. t is thus tmel to review how we have coped since its frst outbreak in ecember 20 9 and what the uture holds rom the economic, politcal and health perspectves.

What is the ew ormal in the internatonalisaton o the renminbi and in retail What about China s crisis management and SE China relatons in a post Covid 9 world What is the current scenario and uture outlook o the Covid 9 fght in SE Looking orward, how do we live with the windemic o Covid 9 and the n uen a pandemic hese uestons and more are addressed in this book.

Editors

Linda LOW is an ssociate Pro essor in the School o usiness at Singapore Universit o Social Sciences. She holds a Ph in Economics rom Universit o Singapore, 984, with books published including a Primer in Economics, Spore GLCs, Spore CP and others co authored in intech, Belt-Road Initatve, Covid-19, Economies in Asia Pacifc (like China, Japan), Associaton of Southeast Asian Natons (ASEAN) and Gulf Cooperaton Council (GCC), etc.

LEE Yew Haur is an ssociate Pro essor and eput irector in the usiness ntelligence nal tcs unit at the Singapore Universit o Social Sciences. He holds a Ph in Statstcs rom the irginia Pol technic nsttute and State Universit , US . His research interest is in the applicaton o te t mining and data mining in educaton.

February 2023

£55 | HARDCOVER 978-981-125-514-4

Imprint: World Scientfc Publishing Compan

Extent: 50pp

Type: eview olume

Main Subject: Asian Studies

Sub-Subjects: Asian Economies; Asian Politcs Societ Politcal Econom n ectous iseases Southeast sia China Studies nternatonal elatons

Keywords: Covid 9 China SE

Readership: Undergraduate and graduate students as well as researchers ocusing on the politcal, economic and health impacts o Covid 9 in China and SE

• ntroducton

• nternatonalisaton

• ew etail in a Post Covid World

• Evoluton o China s Crisis anagement Comparison o Covid 9 and S S

• SE China elatons in ew ormal with Covid 9

• Covid 9 in Southeast sia eview o the Current Scenario and utlook or the uture

• wo iral Pandemics, a Centur part and a Potental windemic on Collision Course in Southeast sia