A Convincing Narrative to Control the Crisis Response? The Role of the President of the European Commission During the Covid‐19 Pandemic
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10069415 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Isabel Camisão (0000-0003-4138-3231, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, Department of History, European Studies, Archaeology, and Arts University of Coimbra Coimbra, corresponding author), Paulo Vila Maior (0000-0002-6547-136X, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, Department of History, European Studies, Archaeology, and Arts University of Coimbra Coimbra) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 63 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 821-838 |
| Publication date | 2024-08-06 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | JCMS Journal of Common Market Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0021-9886 • E-ISSN: 1468-5965 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/jcms.13652 |
| OpenAlex | W4401385883 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 39 |
Sense‐making and meaning‐making are fundamental tasks of crisis management. They entail the construction of a persuasive crisis narrative for guaranteeing that the public understands and supports crisis responses. Building on a combination of literature on crisis management and policy narratives, we analysed von der Leyen's speeches on the pandemic (March 2020–December 2022) to answer one central research question: was the President of the Commission able to construct a compelling narrative to support the crisis response at the supranational level? Our findings suggest that she was able to create a convincing crisis narrative that helped to back the Commission's co‐ordination role and the crisis response devised at the supranational level
Business · Commission · Construct (python library · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 · Crisis management · Crisis response · Epistemology · European commission · European union · Linguistics · Meaning (existential · Narrative · Narrative inquiry · Pandemic · Political science · Public relations · Disaster Management and Resilience · Law · Medicine · Philosophy · Policy Transfer and Learning · Public Administration · Public Relations and Crisis Communication
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Leadership in Times of Crisis
The Narrative Policy Framework
The Crisis Approach
The importance of policy narrative
United but divided
Governing the Pandemic
The European Commission as a Policy Entrepreneur under the European Semester
Irrelevant player? The Commission’s role during the Eurozone crisis
From crisis to reform? Exploring three post-Covid pathways
Explaining the European commission’s strategies in times of crisis
The Unexpected Winner of the Crisis
Theorizing institutional change and governance in European responses to the Covid-19 pandemic
How to conduct a Narrative Policy Framework study
The European Union’s two-fold multilateralism in crisis mode
The Politics of Crisis Management. Public Leadership Under Pressure
The ‘political’ roles of the European Commission
How Europe’s Political Leaders Made Sense of the Euro Crisis
The European Commission and the Covid-19 pandemic
From policy entrepreneur to policy manager
Pandemic Politics
Negotiating the Single European Act
Policy narratives, localisation, and public justification
The New Intergovernmentalism
The Intersection of Narrative Policy Analysis and Policy Change Theory
Policy Success, Policy Failure and Grey Areas In-Between
EU Governance and Institutions
Playing the Market Card
Discord in Community
Attack of the critics
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 2 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |