Governments' Responses to the Covid-19 Pandemic in Europe: Navigating the Perfect Storm

Governments' Responses to the Covid-19 Pandemic in Europe: Navigating the Perfect Storm
ISBN-10
3031141458
ISBN-13
9783031141454
Category
Political Science
Pages
468
Language
English
Published
2022-12-01
Publisher
Springer Nature
Authors
Kennet Lynggaard, Mads Dagnis Jensen, Michael Kluth

Description

This book examines similarities and differences in 31 European governments’ responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. The COVID-19 pandemic hit Europe in early 2020. It spread across the continent during the Spring while anxious electorates were treated to news reports about health systems under duress and frustrated attempts by public procurement officials to obtain adequate supplies of medical and protective equipment. Over the next 15–18 months considered by this book, national responses exhibited both similarities and profound variations as the different endeavours to regulate social interactions constituted a stress test for political systems across Europe.

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