Description / Table of Contents:
Intro -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- Abbreviations -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Chapter 1: A Comparative Journey into COVID-19 Policies in Europe -- Introduction -- Mapping COVID-19 Containment Policies in the European Economic Area: The EXCEPTIUS Project -- Facts First -- Towards New Avenues to Explain and Evaluate Pandemic Policy-Making in Europe -- References -- Part I: Patterns of Crisis Decision-Making -- Chapter 2: What's in a Name? European Uses of States of Exception During COVID-19 -- Introduction -- Mapping the Legal Basis of Emergency COVID-19 Measures -- The Legal Basis of Emergency Measures -- The Duration and Timing of Activation of the Measures -- Do State of Emergencies Lead to More Draconian Measures? -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 3: The Role of Parliaments in Exceptional Times -- Introduction -- European Parliaments and the Daily Management of the COVID-19 Pandemic -- The Role of Parliament in the Management of the Pandemic -- The Role of Parliamentary Oversight -- Speeding Up the Law-Making Process: Detrimental to Parliaments? -- Daily Work During the Pandemic -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 4: Elections and Special Voting Arrangements -- Introduction -- Pandemic Management in the Context of Elections -- The Challenge -- Different Initial Conditions -- Postponement of Elections -- Introduction and Expansion of Special Voting Arrangements -- Implementation and Impact -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 5: Varieties of Democracies in the COVID-19 Pandemic -- Introduction -- The Role of Democracy in Policy Responses to the Corona Pandemic -- The Quality of Democracy -- COVID-19 Legislation and Varieties of Democracy -- Democracy and the Effectiveness of Measures Against COVID-19 -- Participatory Democracy in the COVID-19 Crisis: A Tale from Switzerland -- Conclusion.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
Pages:
1 online resource (319 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9783031520969
Series Statement:
International Series on Public Policy Series
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=31361129
DDC:
362.19624144
Language:
English
Note:
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