The EU’s initial response to the Covid-19 pandemic
Disintegration or ‘Failing Forward
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7314566 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Dionyssis G Dimitrakopoulos (0000-0002-6101-4022, University of London), Georgette Lalis (European Commission, Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP), Athens, Greece) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue | 9 |
| Pages | 1395-1413 |
| Publication date | 2021-08-17 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of European Public Policy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1350-1763 • E-ISSN: 1466-4429 |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/13501763.2021.1966078 |
| OpenAlex | W3187856610 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 16 |
| References cited | 9 |
This article examines the European Union's initial response (March–July 2020) to the multifaceted crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. It does so on the basis of two competing hypotheses in relation to what this response indicates about the process of integration. The first is drawn from the literature on 'disintegration' while the second is based on the recent argument [Jones, E., Kelemen, R. D., & Meunier, S. (2016). Failing forward? The Euro crisis and the incomplete nature of European Integration. Comparative Political Studies, 49(7), 1010–1034. https://doi.org/10.1177/0010414015617966] that the EU has been 'failing forward' in reaction to the crises that it has been facing for more than a decade. It is argued that while the first hypothesis ought to be rejected, there is evidence indicating that the EU has responded much more in line with the 'failing forward' thesis. Indeed it is argued that there is (in the EU's initial response) more evidence of the latter (forward) than the former (failing
2019-20 coronavirus outbreak · Argument (complex analysis · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 · Economics · European union · International trade · Keynesian economics · Law and economics · Pandemic · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Positive economics · Economic Issues in Ukraine · European Union Policy and Governance · Fiscal Policies and Political Economy · Law · Medicine · Virology
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| Citations per year | 2.67 |
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| Citation span | 2020 - 2025 (6) |
| Highly cited | No |