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This open access book examines the diverse strategies implemented by national and local European governments to contain the Covid-19 pandemic. Rather than focus on individual national case studies, it brings together leading scholars and policymakers to analyse the wide range of containment policies utilised across the continent at various levels of government. In doing so, the volume assesses Covid-19 crisis-management experiences to identify good practices based on comparative and fine-grained evidence. It argues that such a stock-taking exercise is crucial to better prepare European polities and societies for future crises, including climate change and environmental disasters. The book will appeal to scholars and students of public policy, crisis-management, public administration, international relations and comparative law.

Intro -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- Abbreviations -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Chapter 1: A Comparative Journey into COVID-19 Policies in Europe -- Introduction -- Mapping COVID-19 Containment Policies in the European Economic Area: The EXCEPTIUS Project -- Facts First -- Towards New Avenues to Explain and Evaluate Pandemic Policy-Making in Europe -- References -- Part I: Patterns of Crisis Decision-Making -- Chapter 2: What's in a Name? European Uses of States of Exception During COVID-19 -- Introduction -- Mapping the Legal Basis of Emergency COVID-19 Measures -- The Legal Basis of Emergency Measures -- The Duration and Timing of Activation of the Measures -- Do State of Emergencies Lead to More Draconian Measures? -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 3: The Role of Parliaments in Exceptional Times -- Introduction -- European Parliaments and the Daily Management of the COVID-19 Pandemic -- The Role of Parliament in the Management of the Pandemic -- The Role of Parliamentary Oversight -- Speeding Up the Law-Making Process: Detrimental to Parliaments? -- Daily Work During the Pandemic -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 4: Elections and Special Voting Arrangements -- Introduction -- Pandemic Management in the Context of Elections -- The Challenge -- Different Initial Conditions -- Postponement of Elections -- Introduction and Expansion of Special Voting Arrangements -- Implementation and Impact -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 5: Varieties of Democracies in the COVID-19 Pandemic -- Introduction -- The Role of Democracy in Policy Responses to the Corona Pandemic -- The Quality of Democracy -- COVID-19 Legislation and Varieties of Democracy -- Democracy and the Effectiveness of Measures Against COVID-19 -- Participatory Democracy in the COVID-19 Crisis: A Tale from Switzerland -- Conclusion.