Switzerland's COVID‐19 policy response: Consociational crisis management and neo‐corporatist reopening. (9th October 2020)
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- Title:
- Switzerland's COVID‐19 policy response: Consociational crisis management and neo‐corporatist reopening. (9th October 2020)
- Main Title:
- Switzerland's COVID‐19 policy response: Consociational crisis management and neo‐corporatist reopening
- Authors:
- Sager, Fritz
Mavrot, Céline - Abstract:
- Abstract: Switzerland responded to the first COVID‐19 wave fairly successfully by employing both public health and economic measures. During the state of emergency, the federal government made a firm decision to flatten the infection curve and to protect especially at‐risk populations. During the lockdown period, the focus of the political debate shifted from health to the economy as the Federal Council (i.e., the national executive) started to prepare for the country's reopening. While government still had full power due to the emergency situation defined under national epidemic law, the shift in the debate also meant a shift in the way that the government made decisions. Switzerland is a power‐sharing consociational democracy with strong neo‐corporatist features. While the executive untypically relied heavily on health experts within and outside the administration during the lockdown, the reopening strategy shows clear features of Swiss neo‐corporatism, including the resurgence and influence of the traditional big economic vested interests over the government's approach to decision making. 摘要: 通过采取公共卫生措施与经济措施,瑞士对第一波新冠肺炎冲击的响应相当成功。在紧急状态期间,联邦政府做出坚决决定,拉平疫情曲线和保护风险人群。在行动限制期间,政治辩论的焦点从健康转向经济,因为联邦委员会开始准备重新开放经济。鉴于紧急情况由流行病法定义,政府仍然拥有全部权力,但政治辩论焦点的转变也意味着政府决策模式的转变。瑞士是一个权力共享的协商联合民主国家,具备强烈的新法团主义特征。尽管在行动限制期间行政部门非常规地大量依赖行政部门内外的卫生专家,但经济复苏战略清晰显示了瑞士的新法团主义特征,包括决策过程中传统经济巨头的再现。 Resumen: Suiza respondió a la primera ola de COVID‐19 con bastante éxito empleando medidas económicas y de salud pública.Abstract: Switzerland responded to the first COVID‐19 wave fairly successfully by employing both public health and economic measures. During the state of emergency, the federal government made a firm decision to flatten the infection curve and to protect especially at‐risk populations. During the lockdown period, the focus of the political debate shifted from health to the economy as the Federal Council (i.e., the national executive) started to prepare for the country's reopening. While government still had full power due to the emergency situation defined under national epidemic law, the shift in the debate also meant a shift in the way that the government made decisions. Switzerland is a power‐sharing consociational democracy with strong neo‐corporatist features. While the executive untypically relied heavily on health experts within and outside the administration during the lockdown, the reopening strategy shows clear features of Swiss neo‐corporatism, including the resurgence and influence of the traditional big economic vested interests over the government's approach to decision making. 摘要: 通过采取公共卫生措施与经济措施,瑞士对第一波新冠肺炎冲击的响应相当成功。在紧急状态期间,联邦政府做出坚决决定,拉平疫情曲线和保护风险人群。在行动限制期间,政治辩论的焦点从健康转向经济,因为联邦委员会开始准备重新开放经济。鉴于紧急情况由流行病法定义,政府仍然拥有全部权力,但政治辩论焦点的转变也意味着政府决策模式的转变。瑞士是一个权力共享的协商联合民主国家,具备强烈的新法团主义特征。尽管在行动限制期间行政部门非常规地大量依赖行政部门内外的卫生专家,但经济复苏战略清晰显示了瑞士的新法团主义特征,包括决策过程中传统经济巨头的再现。 Resumen: Suiza respondió a la primera ola de COVID‐19 con bastante éxito empleando medidas económicas y de salud pública. Durante el estado de emergencia, el gobierno federal tomó la firme decisión de aplanar la curva de infección y proteger a las poblaciones de riesgo. Durante el período de bloqueo, el foco del debate político pasó de la salud a la economía cuando el Consejo Federal comenzó a preparar la reapertura. Si bien el gobierno todavía tenía pleno poder debido a la situación de emergencia definida por la ley epidémica, el cambio en el debate también significó un cambio en la forma en que el gobierno tomaba decisiones. Suiza es una democracia consociacional de poder compartido con fuertes rasgos neocorporativistas. Si bien, de manera atípica, el Ejecutivo se basó en gran medida en expertos en salud dentro y fuera de la administración durante el cierre, la estrategia de reapertura muestra rasgos claros del neocorporativismo suizo, incluido el resurgimiento del gran actor económico tradicional en el proceso de toma de decisiones. … (more)
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- European policy analysis. Volume 6:Number 2(2020)
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- European policy analysis
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- Volume 6:Number 2(2020)
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- 2020
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- 6
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- 2
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- 2020-0006-0002-0000
- Page Start:
- 293
- Page End:
- 304
- Publication Date:
- 2020-10-09
- Subjects:
- consociationalism -- COVID‐19 -- neo‐corporatism -- pandemic policy response -- Switzerland
新冠肺炎(COVID‐19) -- 大流行政策响应 -- 瑞士 -- 协商联合主义 -- 新法团主义
COVID‐19 -- Respuesta política a una pandemia -- Suiza -- Consociacionalismo -- Neocorporativismo
Policy sciences -- Europe -- Periodicals
Policy sciences -- European Union countries -- Periodicals
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