Despite the highest ranks on pandemic preparedness assessments European welfare states encounter great difficulty in responding effectively to the COVID-19 outbreak. In this article we compare the governance of COVID-19 response in 48 Eurasian countries and a selection of European and SARS (2003) exposed Asian countries during the first wave of the COVID-19 outbreak until 1 June 2020, using data from the COVID-19 Health System Response Monitor and the Oxford COVID-19 Government Response Tracker, recent scientific literature and policy documents. |
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Naar een politiek-bestuurlijke herdefinitie van pandemische paraatheidSturing van de COVID-19-respons in Azië en Europa |
Tijdschrift | Bestuurskunde, Aflevering 3 2021 |
Trefwoorden | pandemic preparedness, COVID-19 governance, welfare state failure, mitigation and control, political economy |
Auteurs | Marleen Bekker en Ivo ten Have |
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Local government in times of global challengesThe implications of the Financial Crisis since 2007 on public finances at the municipal level in the Netherlands |
Tijdschrift | Bestuurskunde, Aflevering 3 2021 |
Auteurs | Jan Porth |
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Biopolitieke macht en de vrijheid van de burgerHoe de politieke democratie op het spel staat in en na het coronabeleid |
Tijdschrift | Bestuurskunde, Aflevering 3 2021 |
Trefwoorden | power, negative freedom, positive freedom, COVID-19, political democracy |
Auteurs | Henk den Uijl en Paul Frissen |
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In this political philosophy article we contribute to the question whether the covid-measures of the state fundamentally change the relation between state and society. One the one hand, we seek to explain this from the perspective of different forms of power government applies. On the other hand, we seek to understand the nature of freedom and the legitimation to restrict freedom. We notice in contemporary administration a habitus that is extremely ambivalent. On the one side, freedom is perceived as not being restrained to do, say or think whatever one wants (negative freedom). On the other hand, we notice that this freedom is not entrusted to civilians (or civilians do not entrust it to themselves), but is materialized, in great detail, by government itself. Although a pandemic may legitimize extraordinary measures, we argue that, for the sake of the future of our political democracy, the state and its administration needs to develop more self-consciousness regarding the forms of power it applies. Also, it needs to be accountable to what extent it values freedom. |
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Designing ‘context-specific’ regional innovation policyA study on the role of regional government in six European regions |
Tijdschrift | Bestuurskunde, Aflevering 3 2021 |
Auteurs | Fabienne Corvers |
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Permanent falenHet (niet-)gebruik van kwaliteitssystemen in de GGZ |
Tijdschrift | Bestuurskunde, Aflevering 3 2021 |
Trefwoorden | performance measurement, quality control, mental health care, institutional theory |
Auteurs | Marieke Van Geffen, Taco Brandsen, Christiaan J. Lako e.a. |
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In this article we present the results of research into quality control systems in Dutch mental health care (GGZ). So far, little is known about the efficacy of quality control systems in this sector. A mix of qualitative and quantitative research methods has been applied (interviews, focus groups, questionnaires and document analysis) to find out how these systems were applied in mental health care and how their use could be explained. |
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Wetenschappelijk advies en coronabeleid: een bestuurskundige reflectie |
Tijdschrift | Bestuurskunde, Aflevering 3 2021 |
Trefwoorden | science for policy, policy advice, policy making, wicked issues, COVID19 policy |
Auteurs | Hans de Bruijn en Martijn van der Steen |
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This paper takes a public administration lens to look at the relationship between scientific knowledge en policy making during the first phase of the COVID-19 pandemix in The Netherlands. Policy makers portrayed an eagerness for scientific knowledge to help them make ‘the right decisions’, and many scientist were just as eager to answer the call. However, there are many dilemmas involved in the relationship between policy making and scientific advice. How can de the relationship between science and policy best be organized? What scientific dicisplines and subsidsciplines should be involved? And what is the specific role of social sciences in policy advice? |
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Tweebenig besturen binnen zorgnetwerkenBesturen tijdens de ‘hamer’ en de ‘dans’ in zorgregio west |
Tijdschrift | Bestuurskunde, Aflevering 3 2021 |
Trefwoorden | network management, health care managers, innovation, consolidation, health care networks, COVID-19, crisis management |
Auteurs | Jelmer Schalk, Eduard Schmidt, Suzan van der Pas e.a. |
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Crisis management requires health care managers to simultaneously innovate, i.e. to adjust – and to consolidate, i.e. to provide stability. COVID-19 was no exception in this respect. In this study, we ask to what extent multi-actor and multi-level health care networks stimulate or hinder balancing innovation and consolidation. We present the results of a qualitative case study, drawing upon 29 interviews with health care managers in one region in the Netherlands. Our analysis chronologically follows the crisis management response and differentiates between ‘the hammer’ phase (the ‘lockdown’) and the ‘dance’ phase (learning to live with the virus). We show that, especially in the hammer phase, formal networks can contribute to consolidation, yet innovation comes mostly from informal and personal networks. While the hammer phase should help organizations prepare to live and dance with the virus, we show that multi-actor and multi-level networks focus more on idiosyncratic organizational interests, although some of these are in fact productive. We conclude with recommendations for practice. |
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Bestuurskundige en veranderkundige lessen uit het leven van Arthur Docters van Leeuwen |
Tijdschrift | Bestuurskunde, Aflevering 3 2021 |
Trefwoorden | Change Management, Administrative Reform, Administrative History, The Netherlands, Public Leadership |
Auteurs | Zeger van der Wal |
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Arthur Docters van Leeuwen was a legendary senior civil servant whose leadership in tough reform processes left many traces in Dutch public administration, even today. In my review of his 2020 memoires ‘Een Spoor van Vernieuwing’, I distil three broad lessons for change management and administrative reform, and administrative craftmanship in particular. |
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‘Think Like Me, and I Will Trust You’The Effects of Policy Opinion Congruence on Citizens’ Trust in the Parliament |
Tijdschrift | Politics of the Low Countries, Aflevering 3 2021 |
Trefwoorden | political representation, parliaments, opinion congruence, political trust, public opinion |
Auteurs | Awenig Marié en David Talukder |
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Do citizens with a lower level of political representation evaluate political actors more negatively? While the literature has documented inequalities in political representation, less attention has been given to the extent to which different levels of representation affect citizens’ levels of political trust. We aimed to fill this gap by analysing whether Belgian citizens with a lower level of policy opinion congruence with their party’s legislators have lower levels of trust in the parliament. Our results show that policy opinion congruence has a positive impact on citizens’ political attitudes. Indeed, citizens with policy preferences closer to those of their political representatives tend to have higher levels of trust in the parliament. This relationship depends on political sophistication: policy opinion congruence affects political trust for most citizens except those who consider themselves to be ‘very interested’ in politics. Citizens with a very high level of interest in politics trust the parliament regardless of policy opinion congruence with their party’s legislators. |
Research Note |
Peer Assessment in ParliamentPromises and Pitfalls of a Marginalised Method in Parliamentary Research |
Tijdschrift | Politics of the Low Countries, Aflevering 3 2021 |
Auteurs | Richard Schobess |
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Peer assessment is a rather marginalised method in political research. This research note argues that the collective expertise of MPs can complement other data to contribute to more comprehensive evaluations of MPs’ parliamentary work. Yet, this method is potentially flawed by low survey participation and rater bias among MPs. The experience with a peer assessment survey among members of three Belgian parliaments shows that participation does not necessarily need to be problematic. However, the empirical analysis suggests that scholars should control for various forms of rater bias. |
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Tijdschrift | Politics of the Low Countries, Aflevering 3 2021 |
Trefwoorden | parliamentary committees, legislative organisation |
Auteurs | Tim Mickler |
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In this article I analyse whether differences in formal committee structures affect how parliamentary actors organise their work within them. I compare the allocation of members to specialised committees in the Dutch House of Representatives (Tweede Kamer) and the Belgian Chamber of Representatives (Kamer van Volksvertegenwoordigers/Chambre des Représentants) to test whether committee assignments are given more serious consideration when committees are strong. Despite many similarities, both parliaments differ in their internal institutional arrangements: committees in the Chamber of Representatives are, at least formally, considerably more powerful than those in the Dutch Lower House. The article uses the congressional theories of legislative organisation as heuristic devices to deduce several rationales of the assignment process. The role of parliamentary party groups is highlighted. The results indicate the presence of stable, reoccurring patterns in both parliaments. Even in the House of Representatives, where committees present lower opportunity structures, assignments are given due consideration. |
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Cancelling proposed debatesAgenda Setting, Issue Ownership and Anti-elitist Parliamentary Style |
Tijdschrift | Politics of the Low Countries, Aflevering 3 2021 |
Trefwoorden | agenda-setting, parliaments, anti-elitism, issue-ownership |
Auteurs | Simon Otjes en Roy Doedens |
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The Dutch Tweede Kamer is unique among parliaments because here the agenda is actually determined in a public, plenary meeting of all MPs. In the Dutch Tweede Kamer 30 members of parliament (MPs) can request a plenary debate. Many opposition parties request these debates, but only 23% of these are actually held. We examine the question ‘under what conditions do political party groups cancel or maintain proposals for minority debates?’ as a way to gain insight into the black box of parliamentary agenda setting. We examine two complementary explanations: issue competition and parliamentary style. We trace all 687 minority debates that were proposed between 2012 and 2021 in the Netherlands. This allows us to see what proposals for debates MPs make and when they are retracted. We find strong evidence that anti-elitist parties maintain more debate proposals than do other parties |
Editorial |
Parliaments in the Low Countries: Representing Divided Societies |
Tijdschrift | Politics of the Low Countries, Aflevering 3 2021 |
Auteurs | Benjamin de Vet en Tom Louwerse |
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Performing the COVID-19 Crisis in Flemish Populist Radical-Right DiscourseA Case Study of Vlaams Belang’s Coronablunderboek |
Tijdschrift | Politics of the Low Countries, Aflevering 2 2021 |
Trefwoorden | populism, COVID-19, crisis, discourse |
Auteurs | Jens Meijen |
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In June 2020, the Flemish populist radical right party Vlaams Belang (VB) published the Corona Blunder Book (CBB; Coronablunderboek in Dutch), detailing the government’s mistakes in handling the COVID-19 crisis. Populist parties can ‘perform’ crisis by emphasising the mistakes made by opponents (Moffitt, 2015) and may use a specifically populist discursive style, consisting largely of aggressive and sarcastic language (Brubaker, 2017). This paper takes the CBB as a case study in the populist performance of crisis and the populist style, finding that the book is, first, a clear example of populist ‘everyman’ stylistics and the performance of crisis, and, second, that VB uses the book to shift the COVID-19 crisis from a public health crisis to a crisis of governance, seeking to blame Belgium’s federal structure for the government’s alleged mismanagement of the COVID-19 pandemic and hence arguing for Flemish independence, one of the party’s main agenda points. |
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The Praise for a ‘Caretaker’ LeaderGendered Press Coverage of Prime Minister Sophie Wilmès in a COVID-19 Context |
Tijdschrift | Politics of the Low Countries, Aflevering 2 2021 |
Trefwoorden | political leadership, crisis, care, Belgium, gendered media coverage |
Auteurs | Clémence Deswert |
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Studies on media coverage of women politicians have underlined how the media contribute to the association of the figure of the political leader with masculinity. Yet, the social construction of leadership seems to evolve towards a more ‘femininity-inclusive’ definition. Research on the ‘glass cliff’ phenomenon suggests that stereotypical feminine attributes might be expected from political leaders in a time of crisis. We investigated the gendered construction of political leadership in the press in a COVID-19 context through the case of former Belgian Prime minister Sophie Wilmès. In line with the ‘think crisis-think female’ association, our discourse analysis shows an appreciation of traditionally feminine traits, and particularly care-related qualities, in the evaluation of what a ‘good’ leader should be in pandemic times, although some characteristics traditionally associated with masculinity are still considered valuable assets in the journalistic portrayal of Wilmès’ leadership. |
PhD Review |
Allied Against Austerity Transnational Cooperation in European Anti-Austerity MovementPhD by Bernd Bonfert (Radboud University Nijmegen), supervisors: Angela Wigger & Laura Horn |
Tijdschrift | Politics of the Low Countries, Aflevering 2 2021 |
Auteurs | Mònica Clua-Losada |
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Tijdschrift | Politics of the Low Countries, Aflevering 2 2021 |
Trefwoorden | COVID-19, crisis-management, democratic compensators, exceptionalism |
Auteurs | Tom Massart, Thijs Vos, Clara Egger e.a. |
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Since January 2020, European countries have implemented a wide range of restrictions to contain the COVID-19 pandemic. Yet governments have also implemented democratic compensators in order to offset the negative impacts of restrictions. This article aims to account for the variation of their use between Belgium, the Netherlands and France. We analyse three drivers: the strength of counterpowers, the ruling parties’ ideological leanings and political support. Building on an original data set, our results distinguish between embedded and ad hoc compensators. We find that ad hoc compensators are championed mainly by counterpowers, but also by ideology of the ruling coalitions in Belgium and the Netherlands and used strategically to maintain political support in France. Evidence on the link between embedded compensators and counterpowers is more ambiguous. |
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Pragmatic Citizens – A Bottom-Up Perspective on Participatory PoliticsPhD by Hannah Werner (KU Leuven and Universiteit van Amsterdam), supervisors: Sofie Marien, Wouter van der Brug & Marc Hooghe |
Tijdschrift | Politics of the Low Countries, Aflevering 2 2021 |
Auteurs | Anna Kern |
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Economic Insecurity and Populist Radical Right VotingPhD by Take Sipma (Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen), supervisors: M. Lubbers & N. Spierings |
Tijdschrift | Politics of the Low Countries, Aflevering 2 2021 |
Auteurs | Eelco Harteveld |
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Editorial |
Politics in the Low Countries in COVID-19 Times |
Tijdschrift | Politics of the Low Countries, Aflevering 2 2021 |
Auteurs | Luana Russo en Min Reuchamps |
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