ABSTRACT

This introduction and the special issue are a contribution to comparative intergovernmental studies and public administration. This introduction provides an analytical overview of the intergovernmental relations policy responses to the Covid-19 pandemic across ten European countries, focussing on the early waves of the disease. These policy responses are analysed in terms of three types of IGR process: (1) a predominantly multi-layered policy process involving limited conflict, (2) a centralised policy process as the central government attempts to suppress conflict and (3) a conflicted policy process where such attempts are contested and tend to contribute to poor policy outcomes. The conclusion, then, reviews the difficulties and trade-offs involved in attaining a balanced multi-layered, intergovernmental process.

摘要

本导言和特刊是对比较政府间研究和公共行政的贡献。本导言对欧洲十个国家对 Covid-19 大流行的政府间关系政策反应进行了分析性概述，重点关注该疾病的早期浪潮。这些政策响应根据三种类型的 IGR 过程进行分析：（1）主要涉及有限冲突的多层政策过程，（2）中央政府试图压制冲突的集中政策过程和（3）冲突政策此类尝试受到质疑并往往导致糟糕的政策结果的过程。然后，结论回顾了实现平衡的多层次政府间进程所涉及的困难和权衡取舍。