Blame Shifting, Blame Avoidance, and Crisis Management in a Federal Country: COVID-19 Policies in Switzerland

• In Event: COVID-19 and Public Policy

Brief Overview

The COVID-19 pandemic is an excellent case to study the political tackling of crises in federal contexts. It sheds light on the dynamics of blame shifting across levels of governance in the face of potentially unpopular political measures.

Authors

• Céline Mavrot, University of Lausanne

• Fritz Sager, University of Bern