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Crisis management in federal states: the role of peak intergovernmental councils in Germany and Switzerland during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Krisenmanagement im Föderalismus: Die Rolle von intergouvernementalen Spitzengremien in Deutschland und der Schweiz während der Corona-Pandemie
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Schnabel, Johanna
Freiburghaus, Rahel
Hegele, Yvonne

Abstract

In federal states, intergovernmental councils were the main institutions through which the federal government and the constituent units coordinated their responses to COVID-19. To examine whether peak councils assumed a leading role during the COVID-19 pandemic to ensure cross-sectoral as well as in... view more

In federal states, intergovernmental councils were the main institutions through which the federal government and the constituent units coordinated their responses to COVID-19. To examine whether peak councils assumed a leading role during the COVID-19 pandemic to ensure cross-sectoral as well as intergovernmental coordination, this article compares the role of two "peak councils" - the Conference of Premiers (MPK) in Germany and the Conference of Cantonal Governments (KdK) in Switzerland - with sectoral councils in normal times and during the COVID-19 pandemic. The analysis relies on an original database of more than 900 council outputs based on which we compare the level of activity, the publicity, the direction of action, and the bindingness of outputs. The findings show that MPK took a leading role during the pandemic, a role that was indeed unusual when compared to normal times, while KdK, which likewise does not play a leading role in normal times, did not during the pandemic either.... view less


Im Umgang föderaler Staaten mit der COVID-19-Pandemie spielten intergouvernementale Regierungskonferenzen eine zentrale Rolle. Anhand des Vergleichs der deutschen Ministerpräsidentenkonferenz (MPK) und der schweizerischen Konferenz der Kantonsregierungen (KdK) mit den politikfeldspezifischen Ministe... view more

Im Umgang föderaler Staaten mit der COVID-19-Pandemie spielten intergouvernementale Regierungskonferenzen eine zentrale Rolle. Anhand des Vergleichs der deutschen Ministerpräsidentenkonferenz (MPK) und der schweizerischen Konferenz der Kantonsregierungen (KdK) mit den politikfeldspezifischen Minister- beziehungsweise Direktorenkonferenzen untersucht dieser Beitrag, inwiefern die MPK und die KdK während der COVID-19-Pandemie eine herausragende Rolle einnahmen, um so sowohl sektorenübergreifende Koordination als auch die Zusammenarbeit der Regierungsebenen sicherzustellen. Anhand eines eigens erhobenen Datensatzes von mehr als 900 Beschlüssen und Pressemitteilungen werden Aktivität, Öffentlichkeitsarbeit, Ausrichtung und die politische Bindungswirkung der Beschlüsse einer vergleichenden Analyse unterzogen. Im Ergebnis zeigt sich, dass der MPK während der Pandemie in der Tat eine zentrale, vom Normalmodus abweichende Bedeutung zukam. Innerhalb des schweizerischen Konferenzgefüges nahm die KdK hingegen keine herausgehobene Stellung ein - weder im Normalmodus noch zu Krisenzeiten.... view less

Keywords
federalism; Federal Republic of Germany; Switzerland; multi-level system; crisis management (econ., pol.); health policy; Conference of Minister-Presidents (Länder)

Classification
Political System, Constitution, Government

Free Keywords
intergouvernementale Beziehungen; COVID-19 Pandemie; intergovernmental relations; Conference of Cantonal Governments (KdK) in Switzerland

Document language
English

Publication Year
2022

Page/Pages
p. 42-61

Journal
der moderne staat - dms: Zeitschrift für Public Policy, Recht und Management, 15 (2022) 1

Issue topic
Krisenbewältigung durch Politik, Verwaltung und Gesellschaft in Deutschland / Crisis management by politics, administration and society in Germany

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3224/dms.v15i1.10

ISSN
2196-1395

Status
Published Version; peer reviewed

Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution 4.0


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