The authors examine domestic policymaking processes amidst polycrisis by tracing the Canadian government’s development of its Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB) during the Covid-19 pandemic. They argue that the process embodied three key best practices for national-level policy design in a crisis—policy integration, learning, and agility—and show how these elements evade capture by the polycrisis concept, thereby limiting its usefulness.
How useful is the concept of polycrisis? Lessons from the development of the Canada Emergency Response Benefit during the COVID-19 pandemic
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Author(s)
Shannon Dinan, Daniel Béland, and Michael Howlett
Publication Date
13 February 2024
Publisher
Policy Design and Practice
DOI / URL
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Resource Type
Academic Journal Article
Systems Addressed
Economy • Health
Resource Theme
Policy and Practice