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Human-made disasters in a decentralized context : How Czech municipalities are dealing with the Ukrainian crisis

Authors

JELÍNKOVÁ Marie VALENTINOV Vladislav PLAČEK Michal VACEKOVÁ Gabriela

Year of publication 2023
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source Public Money & Management
MU Faculty or unit

Faculty of Social Studies

Citation
Web https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09540962.2022.2154950
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09540962.2022.2154950
Keywords Czech Republic; decentralization; human-made disasters; refugees; stakeholder collaboration; Ukrainian crisis
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Description Czech municipalities have had to offer integration services to over 300,000 Ukrainian refugees. The article argues that this enormous challenge means that municipalities need to develop broader stakeholder collaborations than are currently available. Drawing on recent empirical work, the article shows that Czech municipalities face major bottlenecks becaue they have had to deal with the crisis largely on their own. The key conclusion is that the need for co-ordinated and concerted action aimed at dealing with the Ukrainian crisis has been intensified by the high degree of political decentralization which is characteristic of the Czech Republic. This article adds to the literature by analysing the response of excessively decentralized systems to human-made disasters.

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