Parliaments in the Pandemic A Global Study

1. Parliaments in the Pandemic: Introduction to an Unexpected Research Collaboration

Sven T. Siefken and Petra Guasti

2. The State of Research about Parliaments in the Pandemic

Petra Guasti and David Chaloupka

3. Methodology of Comparative Research on Parliaments in the Pandemic

Sven T. Siefken and Lorenz Schleyer

Part 1: Comparative Analyses of Parliamentary Functions

4. The Uneven Digital Transformation of Parliaments in the Pandemic: Virtual, Hybrid, or In-Person?

Enrico Borghetto and Federico Russo

5. Elections and Government Formation during the Covid-19 Pandemic

Osnat Akirav and Omer Faruk Gençkaya

6. Resilience in Legislation during the Covid-19 Pandemic

Eda Bektaş, Osnat Akirav, Omer Faruk Gençkaya and Kevin W. Settles

7. Parliamentary Control and Oversight during the Pandemic

Tapio Raunio, Julien Navarro and Omer Faruk Gençkaya

8. Communication, Engagement and Perceptions of Parliaments in the Pandemic

Alex Prior and David Wilson

9. The Pandemic Crisis, the Government and the Opposition Parties: A Comparative Analysis

Eda Bektaş and Elisabetta De Giorgi

10. Parliamentary Conduct during the Covid-19 Pandemic: Conflict, Compromise and their Consequences

Osnat Akirav, Csaba Nikolenyi and Hilmar Rommetvedt

11. A Qualitative Comparative Analysis of Parliamentary Activity during the Covid-19 Pandemic: Legislatures under Pressure

Paul Reimers

12. Theorizing the Developmental Patterns of Parliamentary Institutions in the Covid-19 Pandemic

Werner J. Patzelt

Part 2: Country Case Studies of Parliaments in the Pandemic

13. The Czech Parliament during the Covid-19 Pandemic

David Jágr

14. The German Bundestag during Covid-19: Resilient, but a Weak Communicator

Lorenz Schleyer

15. The Knesset in the Pandemic: A Parliament amid Weak Institutional Settings and Overlapping Crises

Osnat Akirav and Ittai Bar-Siman-Tov

16. The Parliament of New Zealand during the Pandemic: Adaptation and Innovation

David Wilson

17. The Slovak Parliament in the Pandemic: A Test of Parliamentary Strength

Zdenka Mansfeldová

18.  The Tanzanian Parliament’s Response to Covid-19: The Verdict is Out

Abel Alfred Kinyondo

19. The United States Congress in the Covid-19 Pandemic: Institutional Responses and Rapid Adjustments

Anne Marie Cammisa

20. Executive-Legislative Dynamics during the Covid-19 Pandemic under the Korean Presidential System

Jeong-In Yun

Part 3: Conclusion

21. Learning for Future Crises from Parliaments in the Pandemic

Sven T. Siefken

Biography

Sven T. Siefken is Professor of Political Science at the Federal University of Applied Administrative Sciences in Brühl, Germany, and Adjunct Faculty at the Hertie School in Berlin.

Petra Guasti is Associate Professor of Democratic Theory at Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic.