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Averting institutional disasters? Drawing lessons from China to inform the Cypriot response to the COVID‐19 pandemic
Author(s) -
Petridou Evangelia,
Zahariadis Nikolaos,
Ceccoli Stephen
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
european policy analysis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.558
H-Index - 12
ISSN - 2380-6567
DOI - 10.1002/epa2.1090
Subject(s) - crisis response , typology , pandemic , china , transparency (behavior) , political science , crisis management , negotiation , covid-19 , precarity , situation analysis , intervention (counseling) , public relations , economic growth , public administration , sociology , medicine , management , economics , law , nursing , disease , pathology , anthropology , infectious disease (medical specialty)
Using ‘t Hart's (2014) typology of crises, we explore the Republic of Cyprus's initial response to the COVID‐19 crisis and contend Cypriot leaders indirectly drew lessons from the Chinese experience to prevent a situational crisis from metastasizing into a much broader institutional crisis. The lessons Cyprus drew from China to secure this outcome reinforced the critical nature of transparency and timeliness in sharing epidemiological information, swift intervention efforts to minimize virus transmission, and privileging expert involvement in shaping the response plan. We conclude with implications for public leadership and lesson‐drawing under crisis.