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Contesting Covid: The ideological bases of partisan responses to the Covid‐19 pandemic.

Authors :
ROVNY, JAN
BAKKER, RYAN
HOOGHE, LIESBET
JOLLY, SETH
MARKS, GARY
POLK, JONATHAN
STEENBERGEN, MARCO
VACHUDOVA, MILADA ANNA
Source :
European Journal of Political Research. Nov2022, Vol. 61 Issue 4, p1155-1164. 10p. 1 Chart, 1 Graph.
Publication Year :
2022

Abstract

How do political parties respond to external shocks? Using an original survey of political parties across Europe conducted in June 2020 and Chapel Hill Expert Survey (CHES) data on partisan ideological positioning, we argue that the pre‐existing ideological stances of Europe's political parties shaped their response to emerging Covid‐19 policy issues, including the tension between economic normalization and containment, legal versus voluntary enforcement and the role of science in policymaking. We find that party ideology powerfully predicts how parties, both in government and in opposition, responded to the pandemic. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
03044130
Volume :
61
Issue :
4
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
European Journal of Political Research
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
159610780
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1111/1475-6765.12510