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Multilevel Governance and Political Leadership: Crisis Communication in Germany, Italy, and the United Kingdom during the COVID-19 Pandemic

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.

Item Type: Article
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 & Social Science
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Group
SWORD Depositor: A Symplectic
Date Deposited: 05 Apr 2023 09:36
Last Modified: 02 May 2023 08:45
DOI or ID number: 10.1080/13501763.2023.2199784
URI: https://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/19221
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