Riders on the storm
The politics of disruption in European member states during the Covid-19 pandemic
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7754233 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Veronica Anghel (0000-0002-2499-1035, Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies, corresponding author), Erik Jones (0000-0002-6473-7680, Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 38 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 551-570 |
| Publication date | 2022-10-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | East European Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2159-9165 • E-ISSN: 2159-9173 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/21599165.2022.2122045 |
| OpenAlex | W4295678807 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 61 |
This paper explores how democracies handle the trade-off between public safety and fundamental democratic principles. We show that an exogenous shock, like the pandemic, creates incentives for governing elites to deploy self-empowering mechanisms to avoid institutional checks and balances – with lasting consequences for democratic performance. We examine this prospect in Italy and Romania. These cases have a long history of institutional gridlock; such history reinforces incentives to work around traditional institutions in responding to the pandemic. While the two cases vary in terms of the quality and resilience of their democratic institutions, we find that elites displayed a similar propensity to overlook the intricate institutional balances during a moment of crisis. In Italy, the executive strengthened its power relative to the legislature; in Romania, the strengthening is relative to the judiciary. This finding has implications in assessing the risk for falling standards of liberal democracy across the European Union
Democracy · democratic deficit · Development economics · Economics · Gridlock · Incentive · Legislature · Market economy · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Separation of powers · Shock (circulatory · Corruption and Economic Development · Law · Populism, Right-Wing Movements · Public Administration · Social Policy and Reform Studies
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| Unique citing works | 8 |
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| Citations per year | 2 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2025 (4) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |