Policymaking in times of crisis

2025/09/03 by Frank R. Baumgartner, Laura Chaqués‐Bonafont · 1 voice
Social Sciences · Business, Management and Accounting · #Policy Transfer and Learning #Social Policy and Reform Studies #Political Influence and Corporate Strategies

paper · pdf · doi:10.1080/13501763.2025.2551773

openalex publication_date 2025/09/03 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/26

Abstract

Governments consistently deal with crises, but some are larger than others, some are endogenously created, and some are exogenously imposed. This article introduces a Special Issue of the Journal in which 14 sets of contributors assess various elements of policymaking in times of crisis. We divide the contributions into those assessing public opinion responsiveness, institutional design and response, and identity-politics. As crises appear to be increasingly common, we assess their impacts on the policy process, concluding that no understanding of policymaking in general can be complete if it does not apply to policymaking in times of crisis.

Citations

• Policy Paradigms, Social Learning, and the State: The Case of Economic Policymaking in Britain
• Is the populist Robin Hood a fairy tale? Parliamentary attention to social welfare
• Robodebt and the limits of learning: exploring meaning-making after a crisis
• The other side of chaos COVID-19, federal spending, and local government volatility

Discussions

• Our article is published within the special issue "Policymaking in Times of Crises" edited by Frank Baumgartner & Laura Chaqués Bonafont. Check it out: doi.org/10.1080/1350... [bsky, 0 points, 0 comments]