It is clear that the Covid-19 pandemic has created an exceptional social status in which states struggled to mitigate its effects. Through such exceptional times, the capacity of societies for continuity, solidarity, and cohesion, as well as the ability of governments to deal effectively with crises, are all examined to measure the stability of political systems, and their ability to respect democratic values. In general, it is very important to study the function of civil society and its pivotal role in mitigating and dispelling societal problems during the crisis due to the social repercussions caused by the pandemic. In order to test the strength and flexibility of civil society organizations in different cases, there are some countries that maximized the role of the potential of civil society, which reduced the negative effects of the crisis while increasing the sense of solidarity and belonging within their societies, while other countries failed to recognize the importance of the pivotal role played by civil society organizations, where governments have monopolized the task of addressing the repercussions of the crisis in order to seize symbolic gains and concentrate power. The paper attempts to review the nature of the relationship between governments and civil society in several democratic regimes such as the United Kingdom and Austria, and authoritarian regimes such as Hungary, Turkey, and China, to identify the differences in the nature of this bilateral relationship, and to indicate the extent of its impact on the way the crisis is managed between success or failure. There are cases that ignored the role of civil society organizations during the crisis, and even took advantage of the crisis to double the restrictions on its performance. While we find that other regimes in which governments called on civil society partners to cooperate and join hands to confront the effects of the pandemic, and even organized multi-level cooperation between all sectors in accordance with the principles of participatory democracy.
Mojib Abdel Moneim Masaad, M. (2022). The relationship between governments and civil society forces in light of the “Corona” pandemic and its implications for crisis management. Scientific journal of the Faculty of Economic Studies and Political Science, 7(13), 9-38. doi: 10.21608/esalexu.2022.211789
MLA
May Mojib Abdel Moneim Masaad. "The relationship between governments and civil society forces in light of the “Corona” pandemic and its implications for crisis management", Scientific journal of the Faculty of Economic Studies and Political Science, 7, 13, 2022, 9-38. doi: 10.21608/esalexu.2022.211789
HARVARD
Mojib Abdel Moneim Masaad, M. (2022). 'The relationship between governments and civil society forces in light of the “Corona” pandemic and its implications for crisis management', Scientific journal of the Faculty of Economic Studies and Political Science, 7(13), pp. 9-38. doi: 10.21608/esalexu.2022.211789
VANCOUVER
Mojib Abdel Moneim Masaad, M. The relationship between governments and civil society forces in light of the “Corona” pandemic and its implications for crisis management. Scientific journal of the Faculty of Economic Studies and Political Science, 2022; 7(13): 9-38. doi: 10.21608/esalexu.2022.211789
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