Both the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic and the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine became major crises for public managers in the Visegrad 4 states of the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia. Each of those states responded in different ways to the two crises, based on their ideologies and levels of capabilities. Of course, the two crises themselves were very different in terms of their impact on the public and the set of public managers that needed to make critical decisions. This work proposes that there are three stages in crisis management, and that theoretical perspective will lay the groundwork for analysis of the four states. Those stages include Risk Assessment, Risk Management, and Risk Communication. Taken together, they offer a portrayal of the Resilience of each state in terms of both public management and the general public.

Unpacks two major crises in the four Visegrad countries of the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia Proposes that there are three stages in crisis management which lays the groundwork for the analysis of the four states Offers a potrayal of the resilience of each state in terms of public management and the general public

Autorentext

James W. Peterson is Professor Emeritus at Valdosta State University, Georgia, USA.

Bonnie Peterson is Adjunct Professor at Valdosta State University, George, USA.

Inhalt

Chapter 1: Crisis Management: Risk Assessment, Risk Management, and Risk Communication Strategies.- Chapter 2: Assessing Governance and Administration of Healthcare Systems.- Chapter 3: Existing Defense Preparedness for the Russian Invasion of Ukraine.- Chapter 4: Administering a Critical Pandemic Crisis in the Midst of Constant Change.- Chapter 5: Developing Plans to Assist Ukraine and Protect the Four Homefronts.- Chapter 6: COVID-19 Communications between Political Leaders and Anxious Populations.- Chapter 7: Defense Preparedness Policies against Russia and Reassurance of the Peoples.- Chapter 8: Recovery and Resilience-COVID-19.- Chapter 9: Recovery and Resilience-Ukraine.- Chapter 10: Carry-over of Crisis Public Management Strategies from COVID-19 to Ukraine.- Chapter 11: Bringing it all together.