Poland : the 'Cardboard State' versus the virus

Autor: Natasza Styczyńska, Marcin Zubek
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: Governments' Responses to the Covid-19 Pandemic in Europe ISBN: 9783031141447
Popis: This chapter investigates how the crisis caused by the COVID-19 virus influenced political institutions in Poland from the outbreak of the pandemic until May 2021. Those circumstances include: (1) the presidential elections originally planned for May but conducted in June 2020, (2) populist Eurosceptic government in power and (3) several extensive social programmes launched by the government before the outbreak of the pandemic. Those three conditions largely determined how the Polish authorities reacted to the crisis, and how normal policymaking turned into uncertain risk management in terms of Patterns of Governance (presidential elections); Politicization (political institutions’ attitudes and behaviours) and policy responses (concrete initiatives put in motion).
Databáze: OpenAIRE