What is it about?
This chapter defines "institutional fragility" and distinguishes it from "institutional malleability". From this perspective, it considers a case study by asking whether Italian public institutions have proved to be fragile – and/or malleable – in light of the recent Covid-19 pandemic.
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Why is it important?
The work shows that power – and public power especially – is rarely fragile, and is often malleable. However, malleability is not always and unconditionally desirable. Moreover, malleability does not in itself involve antifragility, that is, the capacity to learn from crises.
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It is necessary to revisit the ideas of institutional fragility and institutional malleability in order to better understand how institutions react to emergency situations.
prof. Stefano Moroni
Politecnico di Milano
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This page is a summary of: Institutional fragility and institutional malleability: a reflection starting from the Covid-19 pandemic, January 2024, Edward Elgar Publishing,
DOI: 10.4337/9781035312559.00014.
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