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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 Open
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…
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The Psychological Impact of ‘Mild Lockdown’ in Japan during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Nationwide Survey under a Declared State of Emergency Open
This study examined the psychological distress caused by non-coercive lockdown (mild lockdown) in Japan. An online survey was conducted with 11,333 people (52.4% females; mean age = 46.3 ± 14.6 years, range = 18–89 years) during the mild l…
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The Impact of COVID-19 Crisis upon the Consumer Buying Behavior of Fresh Vegetables Directly from Local Producers. Case Study: The Quarantined Area of Suceava County, Romania Open
The present paper intends to address the impact of COVID-19 crisis upon the consumer buying behavior of fresh vegetables directly from local producers as observed 30 days later, after enforcing the state of emergency in Romania within a we…
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Mentality and behavior in COVID-19 emergency status in Japan: Influence of personality, morality and ideology Open
The COVID-19 pandemic began in December 2019 and severely influenced society. In response, the Japanese government declared a state of emergency on 7th April in seven prefectures. The study conducted an immediate survey on 8th April to rec…
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Japan’s voluntary lockdown Open
Japan’s government has taken a number of measures, including declaring a state of emergency, to combat the spread COVID-19. We examine the mechanisms through which the government’s policies have led to changes in people’s behavior. Using s…
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Changes in Smoking Behavior Since the Declaration of the COVID-19 State of Emergency in Japan: A Cross-sectional Study From the Osaka Health App Open
We suggest people who have high-risk factors for COVID-19 might change their smoking behavior for the better, while people who work from home or live alone might change their smoking behavior for the worse, during the COVID-19 state of eme…
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Overview of the characteristics of and responses to the three waves of COVID-19 in Japan during 2020-2021 Open
The first case of COVID-19 in Japan was reported on 16 January 2020. The total number of the infected has reached 313,844 and the number of deaths has reached 4,379 as of 16 January 2021. This article reviews the characteristics of and res…
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Pandemic Politics: The European Union in Times of the Coronavirus Emergency Open
This article provides an assessment of the EU institutions' response to the coronavirus pandemic. By building on a synthesis of the new intergovernmentalism and the emergency politics approach it contends that the effectiveness and legitim…
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Japanese travel behavior trends and change under COVID-19 state-of-emergency declaration: Nationwide observation by mobile phone location data Open
In the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Japan government could not impose strong restrictions such as lockdowns. Since there has been no such nation-wide behavioral analysis, we calculated indicators of nation-wide behavioral cha…
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Emergency remote teaching amid COVID-19: The turning point Open
The Philippines is now the leading country in the Asean region with the highest confirmed cases of COVID-19 as of April 14, 2020. It has always surmounted numerous curriculum experiments in the previous years but will continue to do so in …
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The architecture of emergency constitutions Open
Nine of ten countries currently have emergency provisions written into their constitutions, here simply referred to as emergency constitutions. The nature of these provisions remains poorly understood. We therefore aim at providing answers…
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State power and the COVID-19 pandemic: the case of Finland Open
This paper first discusses some of the basic spatial features of the COVID-19 crisis in Finland. Second, it considers the role of the state and state power in response to the pandemic and explores some of the geopolitical aspects of COVID-…
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Buying time for democracies? European Union emergency politics in the time of COVID-19 Open
Published online: 18 May 2021
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Coronavirus Pandemic Outbreak and Firms Performance in Nigeria Open
The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared a global public health emergency on coronavirus pandemic outbreak, and in response to this, nations affected by this scourge are enforcing strict measures to combat the virus. To understand …
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The Media Spectacle of a Techno-City: COVID-19 and the South Korean Experience of the State of Emergency Open
This essay provides a critical observation of the South Korean government's distinctive management of COVID-19 with particular reference to the state of emergency. It reveals that the success of South Korea's handling of the pandemic is la…
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A Critical Analysis on the European Union's Measures to Overcome the Economic Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic Open
The EU has fast reacted in adopting a so-called Next Generation EU Recovery Plan (NGEU) and a 2021-2027 Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) with the aim of overcoming the consequences of the disruptive COVID-19 pandemic for citizens' hea…
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A real-time survey on the psychological impact of mild lockdown for COVID-19 in the Japanese population Open
To deter the spread of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), many countries have imposed a lockdown with restrictions. On 7 April 2020, the Japanese government declared a state of emergency over the COVID-19 outbreak. Japan was in “mild…
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State Regulation Of Freestanding Emergency Departments Varies Widely, Affecting Location, Growth, And Services Provided Open
Freestanding emergency departments (EDs), which offer emergency medical care at sites separate from hospitals, are a rapidly growing alternative to traditional hospital-based EDs. We evaluated state regulations of freestanding EDs and desc…
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Solidarity in times of crisis Open
The 2019 COVID-19 pandemic has amplified inequalities and human rights challenges; in some states, COVID-19 policies have been introduced that further curtail human rights. Although some limits may be justified in the time of a public heal…
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The exacerbation of violence against women as a form of discrimination in the period of the COVID-19 pandemic Open
The crisis provoked by COVID-19 has rapidly and profoundly affected Latin America. The impacts are seen not only in infection and mortality rates, but also in the economic decline and increased inequality that plague the region, problems w…
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From emergency response to long-term management: the many faces of the endemic state of COVID-19 Open
http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100010571 Bundesministerium fur Bildung und Forschung Dienststelle Berlin
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Emergency Politics After Globalization Open
Exceptional times call for exceptional measures—this formula is all too familiar in the domestic setting. Governments have often played loose with their state's constitution in the name of warding off an urgent threat. But after decades of…
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Governors in Control: Executive Orders, State-Local Preemption, and the COVID-19 Pandemic Open
The nation’s governors took strong and decisive action in responding to the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic, often directly affecting their local governments. These actions allow us to examine this question: Will governors’ actions in an unpreceden…
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Social Emotions Under the Spread of COVID-19 Using Social Media Open
The spread of COVID-19, the so-called new coronavirus, is currently having an enormous social and economic impact on the entire world. Under such a circumstance, the spread of information about the new coronavirus on SNS is having a signif…
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Short-term effects of the COVID-19 state of emergency on contraceptive access and utilization in Mozambique Open
The COVID-19 pandemic has increasingly disrupted the global delivery of preventive health care services, as a large number of governments have issued state of emergency orders halting service delivery. However, there is limited evidence on…
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When Does Terror Induce a State of Emergency? And What Are the Effects? Open
The relationship between terrorist activities and states of emergency has never been explored in a cross-country perspective. This article is a first step to change that. Given that a terror act has been committed, what are the factors tha…
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Covid-19: Japan declares second state of emergency as Asia struggles with virus surge Open
Japan has declared its second state of emergency regarding covid-19, as the number of daily infections surged to seven times that of the first and Tokyo hospitals reported nearly 80% occupancy. On 7 January the prime minister, Suga Yoshihi…
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The State of the Pandemic Open
The Covid-19 pandemic has further intensified a crisis in the functions and the perception of the state. It has also revealed underlying contradictions in both mainstream and radical ideologies of the state. A desire for the state as guara…
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Does Indonesian COVID-19 Emergency Law Secure Rule of Law and Human Rights? Open
President Joko Widodo announced a public health emergency at the end of March 2020. This policy demonstrates denial, too late and limited in responding to the spread of Covid-19. On the other hand, the state security approach during the pa…
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Social and Emergency Assistance Ex-Ante and During COVID-19 in the SADC Region Open
Social assistance is on the social development agenda of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) member states. It is not only reflected in the Code of Social Security of SADC (2007) , but is also anchored in the national legal f…