Leadership in the Time of Covid
Pandemic Responses in Central Europe
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Leadership in the Time of Covid
Pandemic Responses in Central Europe
About This Book
The Covid pandemic has put all modern societies to a serious test of resilience. The interdisciplinary research on which this book is based examined how four European governments behaved in these circumstances. During the months of the crisis, the team of experts coordinated by the editors of this volume took a close look at the decision-making processes in the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia – the so-called Visegrad Four.
The inquiries focused on experiences from the academic, health, economic and social fields. The methods of comparison included surveys, interviews, discourse analysis, for which the adaptive leadership theory provided the conceptual framework.
The conclusions are both academic and practical. Aside the description of the pandemic responses, the research had a formative dimension: how can an adaptive leadership approach better help societies manage the health and societal impacts of similar challenges? The spectrum of emerging anti-democratic tendencies in the region provided the specific context of the exercise. The four states face varying degrees of democratic backsliding as well as illiberal influences that have affected their response to the pandemic, which gives this research on the Visegrad Four a worldwide resonance.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Table of Contents
- List of Tables
- List of Figures
- List of Appendices
- List of Boxes
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 The Czech Republic: The “Best in Covid”
- Chapter 2 Slovakia: In the Shadow of Sputnik
- Chapter 3 Poland: A Two Front Battle
- Chapter 4 Hungary: The Enemy Is Everywhere
- Chapter 5 Conclusion: Following the Leader
- Bibliography
- List of Contributors
- Index
- Back cover