TY - GEN T1 - Crisis policymaking in the EU : the COVID-19 crisis and the refugee crisis 2015-16 compared T2 - Cambridge elements. Elements in European Politics A1 - Kriesi, Hanspeter LA - English PP - Cambridge PB - Cambridge University Press YR - 2024 UL - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/Cambridge_open_access_CR9781009549462 AB - This Element compares crisis-specific policymaking, its causes and consequences, at the two levels of the EU polity during the COVID-19 and the refugee crisis 2015-16. In both crises, EU policymaking responded to exogenous pressure and was dominated by executive decision-making. Still, it also differed in three critical aspects: it was much more salient, consensual, and effective during the COVID-19 than the refugee crisis. The present study accounts for both similarities and differences, which it attempts to explain by features of the nature of the crises. The key argument of the study is that the policymaking process during crises is, to a large extent, determined by the crisis situation - the crisis-specific functional problem pressure, the institutional context (of the EU polity), and the corresponding political pressure at the origin of a given crisis. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core. OP - 87 NO - Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 17 Dec 2024). CN - JN30 .K75 2024 SN - 9781009549462 (ebook) SN - 9781009549455 (hardback) SN - 9781009549493 (paperback) SN - 9781009549455 KW - European Union countries : Politics and government : 21st century. KW - COVID-19 (Disease) : Political aspects : European Union countries. KW - Refugees : European Union countries. KW - European Union. ER -