Crisis Policymaking in the EU: The Covid-19 Crisis and the Refugee Crisis 2015-16 Compared

by Hanspeter Kriesi

This Element compares crisis-specific policymaking, its causes and consequences, at the two levels of the EU polity during the COVID-19 and the refugee crisis 2015-16. In both crises, EU policymaking responded to exogenous pressure and was dominated by executive decision-making. Still, it also differed in three critical aspects: it was much more salient, consensual, and effective during the COVID-19 than the refugee crisis. The present study accounts...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1009549499
• ISBN13: 9781009549493
• Release Date: January 2025
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 75 Pages