Collaborative Governance Challenges of the COVID-19 Pandemics: Czech Republic and Slovakia

Central European Public Administration Review, 19(1), 2021

22 Pages Posted: 22 Jun 2021

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Daniel Klimovsky

Comenius University

Ivan Malý

Masaryk University - Faculty of Economics and Administration

Juraj Nemec

Masaryk University

Date Written: April 20, 2021

Abstract

The goal of this article is to evaluate what the Czech and Slovak governments have done to protect their countries and try to assess why they have achieved different results for the first and second waves of the COVID-19 pandemic. The basis for such evaluation is the concept of collaborative governance, while qualitative research methods are used to achieve this goal. Based on comprehensive case studies and following analysis, the article suggests that in countries with limited quality of collaborative governance and no experience in similar pandemics, short-term “ultramobilisation” and positive results are indeed possible, but failures are non-avoidable in the long run. During the second wave of the pandemic, the weaknesses in governance resulted in massive governance failures. As a result, the governments’ responses delivered very limited results in terms of prevalence of COVID-19.

Keywords: collaborative governance, COVID-19, Czech Republic (Czechia), Slovakia

JEL Classification: H12

Suggested Citation

Klimovsky, Daniel and Malý, Ivan and Nemec, Juraj, Collaborative Governance Challenges of the COVID-19 Pandemics: Czech Republic and Slovakia (April 20, 2021). Central European Public Administration Review, 19(1), 2021, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3867438

Daniel Klimovsky (Contact Author)

Comenius University ( email )

SK-84215 Bratislava
Slovakia

Ivan Malý

Masaryk University - Faculty of Economics and Administration ( email )

Lipova 41a
65979 Brno
Czech Republic

Juraj Nemec

Masaryk University ( email )

Zerotinovo nam. 9
60177 Brno, 603 00
Czech Republic

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