Person, Christian ; Behnke, Nathalie ; Jürgens, Till (2023)
Effects of Territorial Party Politics on Horizontal Coordination among the German Länder – An Analysis of the COVID-19 Pandemic Management in Germany.
In: German Politics
doi: 10.1080/09644008.2023.2187782
Artikel, Bibliographie
Kurzbeschreibung (Abstract)
The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020 not only put the public health system under considerable pressure, but it also posed a huge challenge for established routines of intergovernmental coordination in Germany. As the Länder are responsible for implementing infection prevention measures, the most senior intergovernmental council, the minister presidents’ conference (MPK), became the central body for pandemic crisis management. In light of high uncertainty, time pressure and public attention, drastic actions were taken to contain the dissemination of the corona virus. Against this background, our paper investigates how party politics impacted on horizontal coordination in times of crisis. The analysis shows that indeed territorial party politics interferes with routines of intergovernmental coordination. While congruence between the federal and Länder governments promotes homogenous implementation of joint MPK resolutions, increasing coalition size and intense party competition make deviations more likely. Finally, partisan ideology plays a key role as parties pursue clearly distinct pandemic management strategies.
| Typ des Eintrags: | Artikel |
|---|---|
| Erschienen: | 2023 |
| Autor(en): | Person, Christian ; Behnke, Nathalie ; Jürgens, Till |
| Art des Eintrags: | Bibliographie |
| Titel: | Effects of Territorial Party Politics on Horizontal Coordination among the German Länder – An Analysis of the COVID-19 Pandemic Management in Germany |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Publikationsjahr: | 2023 |
| Titel der Zeitschrift, Zeitung oder Schriftenreihe: | German Politics |
| DOI: | 10.1080/09644008.2023.2187782 |
| URL / URN: | https://doi.org/10.1080/09644008.2023.2187782 |
| Kurzbeschreibung (Abstract): | The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020 not only put the public health system under considerable pressure, but it also posed a huge challenge for established routines of intergovernmental coordination in Germany. As the Länder are responsible for implementing infection prevention measures, the most senior intergovernmental council, the minister presidents’ conference (MPK), became the central body for pandemic crisis management. In light of high uncertainty, time pressure and public attention, drastic actions were taken to contain the dissemination of the corona virus. Against this background, our paper investigates how party politics impacted on horizontal coordination in times of crisis. The analysis shows that indeed territorial party politics interferes with routines of intergovernmental coordination. While congruence between the federal and Länder governments promotes homogenous implementation of joint MPK resolutions, increasing coalition size and intense party competition make deviations more likely. Finally, partisan ideology plays a key role as parties pursue clearly distinct pandemic management strategies. |
| Fachbereich(e)/-gebiet(e): | 02 Fachbereich Gesellschafts- und Geschichtswissenschaften 02 Fachbereich Gesellschafts- und Geschichtswissenschaften > Institut für Politikwissenschaft 02 Fachbereich Gesellschafts- und Geschichtswissenschaften > Institut für Politikwissenschaft > Öffentliche Verwaltung, Staatstätigkeit (Public Policy) und lokale Politikforschung |
| Hinterlegungsdatum: | 28 Sep 2023 17:15 |
| Letzte Änderung: | 28 Sep 2023 17:15 |
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