Effects of Territorial Party Politics on Horizontal Coordination among the German Länder – An Analysis of the Covid-19 Pandemic Management in Germany
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6262192 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Christian Person (0000-0002-8527-2173, Institute for Political Science, Technical University Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany, corresponding author), Nathalie Behnke (0000-0002-2735-4998, Institute for Political Science, Technical University Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany), Till Jürgens (0000-0003-4331-3990, Institute for Political Science, Technical University Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 33 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 246-271 |
| Publication date | 2024-04-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | German Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0964-4008 • E-ISSN: 1743-8993 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/09644008.2023.2187782 |
| OpenAlex | W4360840454 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 25 |
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
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 · Crisis management · Geography · German · Ideology · Infectious disease (medical specialty · Pandemic · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Law · Public Administration
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| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 3 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2025 (2) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |