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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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
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Original language English
Type of outcome Chapter(s) of a specialized book
Field of Study 50601 Political science
Country of publisher Switzerland
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
Publication form printed version "print"
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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
Tags rivok
Tags International impact, Reviewed
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Abstract
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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