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18.04.2020 | Discussion and Commentary

COVID-19 and the policy sciences: initial reactions and perspectives

verfasst von: Christopher M. Weible, Daniel Nohrstedt, Paul Cairney, David P. Carter, Deserai A. Crow, Anna P. Durnová, Tanya Heikkila, Karin Ingold, Allan McConnell, Diane Stone

Erschienen in: Policy Sciences | Ausgabe 2/2020

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The world is in the grip of a crisis that stands unprecedented in living memory. The COVID-19 pandemic is urgent, global in scale, and massive in impacts. Following Harold D. Lasswell’s goal for the policy sciences to offer insights into unfolding phenomena, this commentary draws on the lessons of the policy sciences literature to understand the dynamics related to COVID-19. We explore the ways in which scientific and technical expertise, emotions, and narratives influence policy decisions and shape relationships among citizens, organizations, and governments. We discuss varied processes of adaptation and change, including learning, surges in policy responses, alterations in networks (locally and globally), implementing policies across transboundary issues, and assessing policy success and failure. We conclude by identifying understudied aspects of the policy sciences that deserve attention in the pandemic’s aftermath.

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Titel: COVID-19 and the policy sciences: initial reactions and perspectives
verfasst von: Christopher M. Weible
Daniel Nohrstedt
Paul Cairney
David P. Carter
Deserai A. Crow
Anna P. Durnová
Tanya Heikkila
Karin Ingold
Allan McConnell
Diane Stone
Publikationsdatum: 18.04.2020
Verlag: Springer US
Erschienen in: Policy Sciences / Ausgabe 2/2020
Print ISSN: 0032-2687
Elektronische ISSN: 1573-0891
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11077-020-09381-4

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