Iranian Journal of Public Policy

Iranian Journal of Public Policy

Suggesting a Policy Model for Confronting Novel Pandemics from a National Resilience Approach (using other Countries’ Experiences and Lessons Learned in the Country’s Similar Confrontation with the COVID-19 Pandemic).

Document Type : Research Article

Authors
Saiedeh Sadat Ahangari 1
Zohreh Besharati Rad 2
Sina Laleh 3
1 PhD in Technology Management from Tehran University, Researcher at Technology Studies Institute, Tehran, Iran
2 PhD in Industrial Engineering from Sharif University of Technology, Research Manager at the Electrical Energy Innovation Research Center, Tehran, Iran
3 PhD in Technology Management from Azad University, Researcher at Technology Studies Institute, Tehran, Iran
10.22059/jppolicy.2022.85910
Abstract
Among all crises in the contemporary world, the novel Coronavirus’s outbreak has been the greatest & most severe shock societies in an international scope have had to endure. The outbreak of this virus has been a phenomenon effects & consequences of which spared nearly no society, organization, or person. The governments’ approach in tackling COVID-19 ranges from complete inaction, to reaction (which itself breaks down to quick or delayed reaction), & an active, forward-looking, & prospective approach. Resilience management is an active & prospective approach in confronting uncertainties. This study analyzes the actions & policies of 10 countries who were relative more or less successful than others in terms of their COVID-19 crisis management between January & December 2020. This paper takes a national resilience management approach & uses Meta synthesis, expert opinions on Iran’s confrontation with the COVID-19 phenomenon, & other countries’ experiences to suggest a policy model for confrontation with novel p&emics with a national resilience approach.
Keywords
Covid-19
Resilience
National Resilience
Emerging Pandemic
Meta Synthesis
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Iranian Journal of Public Policy
Volume 8, Issue 1
2022
Pages 61-78