Czech Republic : Best or Worst in Covid Country?

C 2023

Czech Republic : Best or Worst in Covid Country?

KANIOK, Petr

Basic information

Original name

Czech Republic : Best or Worst in Covid Country?

Authors

KANIOK, Petr (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution)

Edition

1st ed. Cham, Governments' Responses to the Covid-19 Pandemic in Europe : Navigating the Perfect Storm, p. 135-145, 11 pp. 2023

Publisher

Palgrave Macmillan

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Kapitola resp. kapitoly v odborné knize

Field of Study

50601 Political science

Country of publisher

Switzerland

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Publication form

printed version "print"

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URL

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14230/23:00130093

Organization unit

Faculty of Social Studies

ISBN

978-3-031-14144-7

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-14145-4_12

Keywords in English

covid 19; Czechia; government; Andrej Babiš; lockdown

Abstract

V originále

Despite being unprepared for the COVID-19 outburst in spring 2020, Czechia did particularly well in handling the first weeks of the pandemic. However, the government which was the key actor in the whole process did not use the following summer months to prepare the country for autumn and winter, and the Czech success turned into a catastrophe that continued until Spring 2021. This chapter argues that this undesired development was caused particularly by a combination of cabinet being cradled by success in spring 2020 and its general populist tendencies. This mixture led to the underestimation of the risks associated with the autumn months by the government causing its unwillingness to adopt suitable but unpopular decisions in later stages of the pandemic. As a consequence, the government quickly lost the credibility among the general public whose compliance with the often confusing and problematic rules was constantly decreasing especially if compared to the spring 2020 months.

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Citovat

KANIOK, Petr. Czech Republic : Best or Worst in Covid Country? In Lynggaard, Kennet - Jensen, Mads Dagnis - Kluth, Michael F. Governments' Responses to the Covid-19 Pandemic in Europe : Navigating the Perfect Storm. 1st ed. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, 2023, p. 135-145. ISBN 978-3-031-14144-7. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-14145-4_12.

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KANIOK, Petr. Czech Republic : Best or Worst in Covid Country? In Lynggaard, Kennet - Jensen, Mads Dagnis - Kluth, Michael F. \textit{Governments' Responses to the Covid-19 Pandemic in Europe : Navigating the Perfect Storm}. 1st ed. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, 2023, p.~135-145. ISBN~978-3-031-14144-7. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-14145-4\_{}12.

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