Coordinating and integrating different policies and public sector organizations is a major
challenge for practitioners and a continuing topic of interest for researchers. This Viewpoint …

The objective of this collection of essays is to gain insights into the different national-level
state responses to COVID-19 around the world and the conditions that shaped them. The …

In recent decades, the policy sciences have struggled to come to terms with the significance
of inaction in public policy. Inaction refers to instances when policymakers 'do nothing'about …

This paper offers an analysis of the theoretical and empirical challenges the coronavirus
pandemic poses for theories of policy change. Critical events like coronavirus disease are …

A recente pandemia causada pelo novo coronavírus desencadeou um cenário de elevada
incerteza para as respostas e medidas necessárias ao seu enfrentamento no campo …

Uncertainties run deep during a crisis. Yet, leaders will have to make critical decisions in the
absence of information they would like to have. How do political leaders cope with this …

ABSTRACT The recently adopted German Online Access Act triggered the creation of
digitalization labs for designing digital services, bringing together federal, state, and local …

The inability of the Conservative Government led by Prime Minister Theresa May to deliver a
Brexit deal by 29 March 2019 was a policy fiasco, condemned widely by Remainers and …

" The European Union's (EU) impact on the political governance of the European
neighbourhood is varied and sometimes opposite to the declared objectives of its …

Abstract “Unknowns” and “Black Swans” have become familiar terms in the public
administration literature but tend to be used in different and often conflicting ways. This …