This article is aimed at analysing local and intergovernmental responses to the COVID-19
pandemic in Germany during the 'first wave'of the pandemic. It will answer the question of …

Understandings of different policy learning types have matured over recent decades.
However, relatively little is known about their nonlinear and interactive nature, particularly …

As the Covid-19 pandemic demanded coordinated action from governments at all levels, the
role of federalism, decentralization, supranational authorities and other multilevel …

This article studies the Spanish response to COVID-19 from an inter-governmental relations
perspective. Despite its high degree of territorial decentralisation, a strong centralisation …

Negative effects of high public debt on health systems facing pandemic crisis: Lessons from
COVID-19 in Europe to prepare for fu Page 1 AIMS Public Health, 11(2): 477–498. DOI …

This paper explores how democracies handle the trade-off between public safety and
fundamental democratic principles. We show that an exogenous shock, like the pandemic …

Background The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 outbreak has been
identified as a pandemic and global health emergency. It presents as a severe acute …

Chinese authorities identified the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19 in January 2020,
yet already by early March, there were over 4000 cases in Europe (Spiteri et al., First cases …

ABSTRACT When COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) struck Spain, it caused a
multidimensional crisis that sparked countless debates on its health, social and political …

This paper shows how the gender composition of executive government impacts national
responses to crises through the case study of the COVID-19 pandemic. Building on …