ABSTRACT

This article compares the functioning of the intergovernmental systems in Italy and Spain facing the COVID-19 crisis. Combining the public administration literature on policy learning and multi-level governance with that on the institutional collective action framework, this article analyses if and how Italy and Spain have reacted and learned from the external pressures of the pandemic, leading to institutional adjustments to the respective multi-level governance systems in the de-escalation of the first emergency phase. In doing so, the article tests the general hypothesis that the existing political structures and dynamics are a crucial variable to explain the different performance in the pandemic response management. The framework presented in this article could be extended to other countries that follow a federal logic in healthcare provision by public administration scholars who are interested in crisis management studies.

摘要

本文比较了意大利和西班牙面临 COVID-19 危机的政府间系统的运作情况。本文将关于政策学习和多层次治理的公共行政文献与关于机构集体行动框架的文献相结合，分析意大利和西班牙是否以及如何从大流行的外部压力中做出反应和学习，导致各自的制度调整。第一阶段紧急降级阶段的多级治理体系。在此过程中，本文检验了一般假设，即现有的政治结构和动态是解释大流行应对管理中不同表现的关键变量。