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Multi‐Level Governance Feedback and Health Care in Italy in the Aftermath of Covid‐19
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Abstract At the crossroads of EU studies and public policy analysis, a vast literature identifies global crises as one of the main triggers of change. The present article provides a test of this hypothesis in the case of health care in the aftermath of the pandemic crisis that hit Europe between 2020 and 202... view more
At the crossroads of EU studies and public policy analysis, a vast literature identifies global crises as one of the main triggers of change. The present article provides a test of this hypothesis in the case of health care in the aftermath of the pandemic crisis that hit Europe between 2020 and 2022. We use Italy as an extreme case, where both the magnitude of the Covid-19 outbreak and the effect of the pre-existent domestic cost-cutting strategy potentially opened a large window of opportunity for change. Through the lenses of historical institutionalism, we aim to shed light on policy change in multi-level health governance systems. Evidence collected through semi-structured interviews, triangulated with secondary sources, proves that the governance of health care in Italy has experienced no paradigmatic change. We show that "governance feedbacks" have reinforced pre-existing dynamics and inhibited more radical forms of change.... view less
Keywords
Italy; health care; EU; governance; political change; health care delivery system; epidemic
Classification
European Politics
Health Policy
Free Keywords
Covid‐19; EU governance; feedback; historical institutionalism; policy change
Document language
English
Publication Year
2023
Page/Pages
p. 365-377
Journal
Politics and Governance, 11 (2023) 4
Issue topic
Governing the EU Polycrisis: Institutional Change After the Pandemic and the War in Ukraine
ISSN
2183-2463
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed