Policy for temporary crisis or sustained structural change in an age of disasters, crises, and pandemics

Nicola Davis Bivens () and DeMond Shondell Miller ()
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Nicola Davis Bivens: Johnson C. Smith University, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Charlotte, NC, United States
DeMond Shondell Miller: Rowan University, Department of Sociology & Anthropology, Glassboro, NJ, United States

Studia z Polityki Publicznej / Public Policy Studies, 2022, vol. 9, issue 3, 19

Abstract: This paper employs cases to discuss the impact of information, disinformation, and the evolution of scientific data as part of public health policy development in the COVID- 19 pandemic. The two areas of policy development center on (1) risk and public health precautions (e.g., mask mandates, cleaning protocols, and social distancing) and (2) risk and economic/travel policy (e.g., regional economic shutdown, travel restrictions, border closures). Key to the analysis is the understanding of social risk production and public trust in institutions and individuals within those institutions that craft emergency, interim, and long-lasting public policy. The paper concludes with recommendations for enhancing public trust in government institutions and the management of risks during times of disasters, crises, and pandemics.

Keywords: disasters; risk society; public policy; critical incidents; COVID-19 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H12 H84 I18 Q54 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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