The paper qualitatively infers which factors allow public administrations to be quick when an emergency, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, occurs. For this purpose we analyze the same type of intervention (i.e. conversion of convention centers into makeshift hospitals for coronavirus patients) in two different geographical settings (i.e. New York (USA) and Milan (Italy)) and we trace the two processes on the basis of a systematic analysis of national newspaper articles. The comparative analysis reveals that there is no one single best way to manage emergencies successfully, and it sheds light on which conditions might drive different modes of intervention from the public sector in emergencies and beyond.

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理智还是感性？应对 COVID-19 大流行的不同方法

该论文定性地推断出哪些因素可以使公共行政部门在发生紧急情况（例如 COVID-19 大流行）时迅速行动。为此，我们分析了两个不同地理环境（即纽约（美国）和米兰（意大利））中相同类型的干预（即，将会议中心转变为冠状病毒患者的临时医院），并在此基础上追踪了这两个过程对全国性报纸文章进行系统分析。比较分析表明，成功管理紧急情况的最佳方法不存在单一的方法，它阐明了哪些条件可能会促使公共部门在紧急情况及其他情况下采取不同的干预模式。