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Schnabel, J, Anderson, P and De Francesco, F (2023) Multilevel Governance and Political Leadership: Crisis Communication in Germany, Italy, and the United Kingdom during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Journal of European Public Policy. ISSN 1350-1763
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Abstract
Consistency in crisis communication is a key aspect of effective political leadership during crises, but can be difficult in multilevel systems due to the number of leaders and fragmentation of policymaking powers. The literature on multilevel governance suggests that centralisation enhances consistency in crisis
communication while decentralisation leads to inconsistency. Consistency in crisis communication is also expected to depend on whether leaders coordinate crisis management. Comparing crisis communication in Germany, Italy, and the United Kingdom during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, this paper shows that centralisation does not automatically lead to consistent crisis
communication. At the same time, decentralised decision-making does not necessarily undermine consistency. Overall, crisis communication tends to be more consistent when leaders coordinate crisis management.
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| Additional Information: | This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of European Public Policy on 28/04/2023, available at: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/13501763.2023.2199784 |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | 1605 Policy and Administration; 1606 Political Science; Political Science & Public Administration |
| Subjects: | J Political Science > JA Political science (General) J Political Science > JN Political institutions (Europe) |
| Divisions: | Humanities and Social Science |
| Publisher: | Taylor and Francis Group |
| SWORD Depositor: | A Symplectic |
| Date Deposited: | 05 Apr 2023 09:36 |
| Last Modified: | 28 Oct 2024 00:50 |
| DOI or ID number: | 10.1080/13501763.2023.2199784 |
| URI: | https://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/19221 |
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