Full Description
This book provides a broad analysis of the important and ongoing issue of municipal self-governments' response to the Covid-19 pandemic in the Visegrad Group countries with the special emphasis on the post-pandemic recovery. Focusing on municipal self-governments of the V4 countries - Poland, Czechia, Hungary and Slovakia - fills a pressing publishing gap. The monograph provides answers to the question whether the response of municipal self-governments in the Visegrad Group countries fits into a specific model and what are the features of this response.
This book will be of key interest to scholars and students of Central and Eastern European politics and policies with particular emphasis on the V4 counties, local self-government, urban policies, crisis management, Covid-19 pandemic response and recovery. The volume will be of great interest to practitioners, namely the representatives of local self-governments, non-governmental organizations and private entities operating at the urban level.
Contents
List of figuresList of tablesList of ContributorsAcknowledgmentsPreface
Urban dimension of Visegrad response to the Covid-19 pandemic: An Introduction
PART 1. MUNICIPAL SELF-GOVERNMENTS OF THE VISEGRAD GROUP COUNTRIES AND THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC - BETWEEN NATIONAL AND EUROPEAN PERSPECTIVE
1. The COVID-19 pandemic as an unprecedented challenge for municipal self-governments
2. The European reaction to the urban COVID-19 pandemic crisis and recovery
3. The impact of the Visegrad Group on the European response to the COVID-19 pandemic - the urban perspective
4. Urban response to the COVID-19 pandemic - in search of a theoretical model PART
2. URBAN PANDEMIC COUNTERMEASURE AND POST-PANDEMIC RECOVERY IN THE VISEGRAD GROUP COUNTRIES - OVERALL VIEW
1. The urban response to the COVID-19 pandemic crisis and recovery under the pressure of the recentralization. Lessons from Poland
2. The changes in Czech urban policies during and after the COVID-19 pandemic
3. The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on municipal self-governments and its post-COVID-19 recovery. Evidences from Hungary
4. Municipal self-governments in Slovakia during and after the COVID-19 pandemic: fast reactions, quick adaptation, limited capacities, and reform impetus
PART 3. DILEMMAS OF URBAN POLICIES DURING THE PANDEMIC AND POST-PANDEMIC PERIOD IN THE VISEGRAD GROUP COUNTRIES
1. The impact of COVID on the economic situation of municipalities and their socio-economic life
2. Public urban transport in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic: current trends, technological opportunities, and social challenges
3. Education in the (post)pandemic crisis - challenges and prospectus
4. Culture in the pandemic and post-pandemic period. Lesson learned?
5. The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the implementation of the green city concept
6. Youth participation in the shadow of the COVID-19 pandemic
7. Municipalities and recovery plans: a missed opportunity?
8. The transnational cooperation of municipal self-governments within Eurocities. European Green Deal as the COVID-19 pandemic response instrument
9. Democratically, or how? The impact of COVID-19 emergency measures on urban democracy
PART 4. THE VISEGRAD GROUP AND NEIGHBORS - COMPARISON OF THE RESPONSES TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC IN A EUROPEAN PERSPECTIVE
1. German response to the pandemic crisis. Lessons from the pandemic period and the analysis of the post-pandemic recovery mechanisms
2. Navigating the complexities. Municipal self-governments in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic in Ukraine, Conclusions
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