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Institutional Collective Action During COVID‐19: Lessons in Local Economic Development
Author(s) -
Wilson Darrin H. E.,
Johnson Brad A. M.,
Stokan Eric,
Overton Michael
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
public administration review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.721
H-Index - 139
eISSN - 1540-6210
pISSN - 0033-3352
DOI - 10.1111/puar.13234
Subject(s) - collective action , general partnership , action (physics) , local government , covid-19 , business , government (linguistics) , local economic development , economic growth , economics , political science , public administration , politics , finance , philosophy , medicine , linguistics , physics , disease , quantum mechanics , pathology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , law
Abstract At this point, little is known about local government responses to the economic crisis caused by COVID‐19. This crisis is happening on Main Streets around the nation. This article examines how some local governments are taking collective action in partnership with other governments as well as with organizations at the local and regional levels. What is unique is that collective action is rare as it relates to traditional economic development practices, yet it is occurring and leading to offerings of multi‐institutional grants and low‐interest loans. However, some newer supply‐ and demand‐side actions are the result of a lack of resources and need for expediency. Practitioners can learn about the collaborative economic development actions that governments are taking and how these partnerships can stabilize their local economies.