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Between “Patchwork Carpets” and “Emergency Brakes” : a framing analysis of the decision-making Stage of the Fourth Civil Protection Act in Germany

Minio, Lisa (2022) Between “Patchwork Carpets” and “Emergency Brakes” : a framing analysis of the decision-making Stage of the Fourth Civil Protection Act in Germany.

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Abstract:Germany's Fourth Civil Protection Act entered into force on April 24, 2021. Its extensive scope was unique because it prescribed uniform nonpharmaceutical measures to combat the COVID-19 pandemic, while relocating authority from the states to the federal level. To explain its adoption, this paper applies a qualitative and quantitative framing analysis. The focus lies on the responsibility, economic, and securitization frame. To examine the role of framing in the Fourth Civil Protection Act's adoption, an extension of Kingdon’s Multiple Streams Framework (MSF) is used (Herweg, Huß, & Zohlnhöfer, 2015) and treated as “discursive patterns” (Winkel & Leipold, 2016, p. 115). The Act is adopted based on framing, following the matching of problems and policies. Furthermore, the frame has to be supported by the German Federal government and the representatives of the second chamber. This paper reports that the German Federal government used the responsibility and securitization frames to match solutions to problems. Followingly, the aforementioned frames were also detected for representatives of the second chamber. It was detected that they expressed that the perception of urgency convinced them of the Act.
Item Type:Essay (Master)
Faculty:BMS: Behavioural, Management and Social Sciences
Subject:88 social and public administration
Programme:European Studies MSc (69303)
Link to this item:https://purl.utwente.nl/essays/92929
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