We investigate whether weak executive federalism was beneficial or damaging for COVID-
19 management in the USA. We formulate a policy response model for subnational …

The COVID-19 lockdowns rank as the most abrupt and consequential transformations in
modern state-society relations outside of wartime. One enduring puzzle of this period is the …

This Element comprehensively scrutinizes the key issue of the accountability of policy-
makers in democratic governance. The electoral punishment of the incumbents …

Researchers frequently rely on expert surveys to acquire information about political ideology
and political parties, which they then use to explore a range of political phenomena such as …

This study investigates how political parties used the federal structure of government for
discursive blame attribution strategies in parliamentary debates during the Covid-19 crisis …

Domestic policy responses to COVID-19 were remarkably consistent during the early days of
the pandemic. What explains this policy convergence? Our formal model suggests that the …

Federal systems create complex institutional settings that foster and encourage cooperation
while also enabling self-serving and even opportunistic political behavior. Focusing on …

Elections are at the heart of representative democracies. Whereas the study of national
elections is a prominent field in comparative politics, we still know little about subnational …

The unequal burden of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) crisis (eg, in terms of
infection and death rates) across Canadian provinces is important and puzzling. Some have …

Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, public health officials became increasingly visible in
the media, sometimes appearing alone or alongside elected officials to announce policy …