Policy-taking styles: a typology and an empirical application to anti-Covid policies

作者：Marco Giuliani · 发表于：Journal of European Public Policy · 年份：2023 · DOI：10.1080/13501763.2023.2188891 · 被引用次数：4 · 研究领域：Community Health and Development、Social Capital and Networks、Social and Cultural Dynamics

Several studies have investigated the variety of governance strategies adopted by European countries to cope with the Covid-19 pandemic. Some nations relied on a more liberal approach, based on recommendations and a lack of mandatory constraints; others trusted more top-down regulations and long-lasting restrictions. The feasibility and success of the different strategies also depend on the way in which policy-takers react. The article uses this exemplary policy case to propose a novel theoretical framework which maps the variety of policy-taking styles applying March and Olsen’s (2006) logics of conditionality and appropriateness. Using mobility data, it then employs the new typology to explore the diverse styles adopted by policy-takers reacting to anti-Covid workplace regulations in 29 European countries. The categories proposed can be applied also in different contexts, especially where policy success crucially depends on countless individual behaviours, and policy-makers need to choose the most effective mix of enforcement tools.