Controversial issues in crisis management. Bridging public policy and crisis management to better understand and address crises

IF 1.9 Q3 PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

Risk, Hazards & Crisis in Public Policy Pub Date : 2024-05-02 DOI:10.1002/rhc3.12304

Giliberto Capano, Federico Toth

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Abstract

The current body of multidisciplinary literature on crisis management still has some unresolved problems. This paper focuses on the following four “controversial issues” in dealing with crises: the usefulness of emergency plans; early signal detection; decision‐making amid high uncertainty; and the centralization/decentralization dilemma. The paper first presents the various, contradictory dimensions of these controversial issues, drawing on different strands of organization research, public policy theory, and crisis management studies. Next, these controversial issues are analyzed through the lens of public policy research, drawing specifically on the literature on policy robustness and policy capacities. This theoretical application shows how controversial issues can be framed differently and thus overcome—at least from an analytical and theoretical perspective—confirming that a bridge between crisis management and public policy can be very fruitful in improving our understanding of how crises can be addressed.

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危机管理中的争议问题。衔接公共政策和危机管理，更好地理解和应对危机

目前关于危机管理的多学科文献仍存在一些未解决的问题。本文重点讨论了处理危机过程中的以下四个 "争议问题"：应急计划的有用性；早期信号检测；高度不确定性下的决策；以及集权/分权困境。本文首先从组织研究、公共政策理论和危机管理研究的不同角度，介绍了这些争议问题的各种矛盾层面。接下来，本文通过公共政策研究的视角，特别是借鉴有关政策稳健性和政策能力的文献，对这些有争议的问题进行了分析。这一理论应用表明，有争议的问题如何能够以不同的方式提出，从而得到解决--至少从分析和理论的角度来看是这样--这就证明，在危机管理和公共政策之间架起一座桥梁，对于增进我们对如何应对危机的理解是卓有成效的。

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Risk, Hazards & Crisis in Public Policy PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION-

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7.50

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8.60%

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期刊介绍： Scholarship on risk, hazards, and crises (emergencies, disasters, or public policy/organizational crises) has developed into mature and distinct fields of inquiry. Risk, Hazards & Crisis in Public Policy (RHCPP) addresses the governance implications of the important questions raised for the respective fields. The relationships between risk, hazards, and crisis raise fundamental questions with broad social science and policy implications. During unstable situations of acute or chronic danger and substantial uncertainty (i.e. a crisis), important and deeply rooted societal institutions, norms, and values come into play. The purpose of RHCPP is to provide a forum for research and commentary that examines societies’ understanding of and measures to address risk,hazards, and crises, how public policies do and should address these concerns, and to what effect. The journal is explicitly designed to encourage a broad range of perspectives by integrating work from a variety of disciplines. The journal will look at social science theory and policy design across the spectrum of risks and crises — including natural and technological hazards, public health crises, terrorism, and societal and environmental disasters. Papers will analyze the ways societies deal with both unpredictable and predictable events as public policy questions, which include topics such as crisis governance, loss and liability, emergency response, agenda setting, and the social and cultural contexts in which hazards, risks and crises are perceived and defined. Risk, Hazards & Crisis in Public Policy invites dialogue and is open to new approaches. We seek scholarly work that combines academic quality with practical relevance. We especially welcome authors writing on the governance of risk and crises to submit their manuscripts.