Policy design and state capacity in the COVID-19 emergency in Italy: if you are not prepared for the (un)expected, you can be only what you already are

Italy was the first large epicentre of the COVID-19 pandemic in the Western world. Since the country has not had any serious experience with this kind of disease in recent decades, its response has been indicative of a first reaction to an (un)known and (un)expected event. At the same time, the Ital...

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Main Author: Giliberto Capano
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Oxford University Press 2020-07-01
Series:Policy & Society
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14494035.2020.1783790