Jonathan Polk
Professor
Contesting Covid: The ideological bases of partisan responses to the Covid-19 pandemic
Author
Summary, in English
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.
Department/s
- Department of Political Science
Publishing year
2022
Language
English
Pages
1155-1164
Publication/Series
European Journal of Political Research
Volume
61
Issue
4
Document type
Journal article
Publisher
Wiley
Topic
- Political Science
Status
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Other
- ISSN: 0304-4130