Purpose:The main aim of this article is to examine the role of the Territorial Defence Forces as a formation supporting state institutions in efforts to combat pandemics and analyze the factors determining the effectiveness of their participation. Design/Methodology/Approach: The role of the Territorial Defence Forces in countering pandemic threats and effects was examined through legal and institutional analysis and systemic analysis. Findings: Analysis of the role of the Territorial Defence Forces in counteracting threats posed by the pandemic proved the need to use all resources available to the state to limit its negative consequences. Due to its potential, the Territorial Defence Forces should support the state in ensuring domestic order and strengthening institutions and services performing tasks to counteract and combat the COVID-19 pandemic. The conducted research indicates that the scope of use of the Territorial Defence Forces must be adapted to changing requirements and emerging threats. Practical Implications: The concept of counteracting pandemic threats and consequences through crisis management using the Armed Forces is the cooperation between various institutions as a critical organizational challenge. Cooperation is understood as multi-level action intended to achieve a set goal -ensuring security. Originality/Value: The paper's conceptual framework is prescribed by the application of the consilience concept used in the analysis of the action of public institutions by employing various approaches from security policy, security management, public management, praxeology, and human resources management.
Purpose:The aim of this paper is to describe the case of pandemic crisis management on the basis of an analysis of plans and actions of the local government of the city of Szczecin during the first waves of the COVID-19 pandemic. The analysis was supplemented by a description of the context of functioning of the city in the political, social and economic dimension. Design/Methodology/Approach: The study extends across disciplines and has a basis typical to social sciences, mainly to disciplines such as management and political and administrative science. It is a case study investigation. It involves an analysis of documents, part of which were internal, supplemented by expert interviews. Findings: Local authorities have played a significant role in efforts to impede and counteract the pandemic. Their activity brought support to actions carried out by the central government. However, as seen in the epidemic practice, measures intended to counteract and stop the spread of SARS-CoV-2 entailed restrictions that determined the functioning and the life of residents and required unprecedented actions. Practical Implications: The text presents local government's key role in an effective fight against the pandemic and in mitigating its negative consequences. Such an observation should be taken into account both in regime-related actions and in designing sectoral policies, especially in the context of crisis management. Originality/value: To the best of our knowledge, it is the first analysis of this sort that looks at the activities of Szczecin's local government during the development of the first waves of the COVID-19 pandemic. Its findings may be significant especially for the management of public policies, though limitations resulting from the very definition of a case study analysis are natural. The observations must be verified by an investigation of other municipal or commune self-governments, also outside Poland.
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