Cătălin-Valentin Raiu

Cutting too close to the bone? Fragilizing the democratic resilience of public administration

This paper develops a conceptual perspective on how a series of major crises, from the “war on terror” (2001) to today's wave of budgetary austerity measures, has created a widespread sense of perpetual emergency among political leaders. Through a habituation effect, prolonged exposure to crisis-driven exceptional meas...