TY - JOUR
T1 - Bouncing around in a turbulent teaching environment
T2 - Teaching and researching resilience for public administration
AU - Marks, Peter
AU - Knassmüller, M
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2021.
PY - 2021/3/19
Y1 - 2021/3/19
N2 - The COVID-19 pandemic forced surprised governments worldwide to act fast and decisively, often revealing lack of preparation for this kind of situation. However, such crises are expected to occur far more frequently than ever before. To keep societies prospering, governments, administrations, and civil servants will have to adapt quickly and effectively—and hence need to develop the required capabilities (e.g., appropriate policies, strategies, knowledge, skills). To deepen our understanding of appropriate action in face of crises, resulting consequences for stability and required, demanded or enforced behavior of people, we propose the concept of resilience. Resilience, we argue by way of five propositions, helps articulating the underlying dynamics in society and its administrative systems in order to allow for a sustainable incorporation of the long-term perspective in the short-term strategy, particularly in times of disturbances and temporary perturbations.
AB - The COVID-19 pandemic forced surprised governments worldwide to act fast and decisively, often revealing lack of preparation for this kind of situation. However, such crises are expected to occur far more frequently than ever before. To keep societies prospering, governments, administrations, and civil servants will have to adapt quickly and effectively—and hence need to develop the required capabilities (e.g., appropriate policies, strategies, knowledge, skills). To deepen our understanding of appropriate action in face of crises, resulting consequences for stability and required, demanded or enforced behavior of people, we propose the concept of resilience. Resilience, we argue by way of five propositions, helps articulating the underlying dynamics in society and its administrative systems in order to allow for a sustainable incorporation of the long-term perspective in the short-term strategy, particularly in times of disturbances and temporary perturbations.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85102781424&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/01447394211000407
DO - 10.1177/01447394211000407
M3 - Article
SN - 2047-8720
JO - Teaching Public Administration
JF - Teaching Public Administration
ER -