Global Reflection, Conceptual Exploration, and Evidentiary Assimilation: COVID‐19 Viewpoint Symposium Introduction

Collective action during the Covid-19 pandemic: The case of Germany’s fragmented authority

“…A more thorough analysis could identify specific structural designs (Feiock, 2013) or psychological factors (Van Lange, Joireman, Parks, & Van Dijk, 2013) and link them to particular aspects of social dilemmas, such as the number of actors involved (Ostrom et al, 1994). Lastly, our analysis focuses on the public health system; however, the COVID-19 pandemic poses a myriad of challenges (Hall, Zavattaro, Battaglio, & Hail, 2020). For instance, closing national borders reduces international trade and travel (Garrett, 2020), certain ethnic groups have been stigmatized as alleged carriers of the disease (Roberto, Johnson, & Rauhaus, 2020), closing schools and universities has complicated the provision of education (Blankenberger & Williams, 2020), and crime control has become more difficult, especially in financially and institutionally constrained settings (Alcadipani et al, 2020).…”

Editors’ introduction: Since last We spoke…

“…Each essay provides a unique perspective on a slice of the pandemic response that will continue to have adverse effects on our society for a long time to come. More indepth research will be needed to grapple with these long-term effects (Hall, Zavattaro, Battaglio, & Hail, 2020), but essays such as those appearing in our journal and many more in public administration and beyond are critical to get those conversations going and ideas for future research flowing.…”

Introduction: COVID‐19 Viewpoint Symposium, Part II

“…Disinformation campaigns cloud the veracity of the problem's extent as well as efforts to abate it in some parts of the world. As we explained in our introduction to the first installment of articles in our COVID‐19 symposium (Hall et al 2020), our effort with this collection of articles was to capture knowledge from all levels of government—including collaborative responses that include nonprofit organizations—and to document exemplary systems and experiences from around the world.…”