Rally and Rage: The Gap between Specific and Pandemic-Specific Support for Governments in Europe
In times of the COVID-19 pandemic, the public generally expressed high pandemic-specific support for their governments. Analysis based on ESS Round 10 COVID-19 module data from 20 countries shows, however, that there was a gap between pandemic-specific and specific support for governments in Europea...
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| description | In times of the COVID-19 pandemic, the public generally expressed high pandemic-specific support for their governments. Analysis based on ESS Round 10 COVID-19 module data from 20 countries shows, however, that there was a gap between pandemic-specific and specific support for governments in European states. A positive gap in favor of pandemic-specific support for governments was found among 52.7% of the respondents, while a negative trend was observed among 24.0% of the respondents. Younger people, those self-employed or working for family businesses, students, those with better subjective health, and people who tested positive for or thought they had suffered from COVID-19 expressed less satisfaction with the government’s handling of COVID-19 in their country compared to general satisfaction with national government performance. Political opinions affected the support gap too; people who were satisfied with the way democracy works, were less trusting of their government’s ability to control the spread of the pathogen, preferred their own decisions over compliance with government restrictions, and perceived that their government failed to manage the health–economy trade-off restrained their pandemic-specific support for the government as well. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-4d0bba28dc6d44be9ee7989da89d06892024-03-27T14:04:39ZengMDPI AGSocial Sciences2076-07602024-03-0113314610.3390/socsci13030146Rally and Rage: The Gap between Specific and Pandemic-Specific Support for Governments in EuropeKlára Vlachová0Institute of Sociology, Czech Academy of Sciences (CAS), 110 00 Praha, Czech RepublicIn times of the COVID-19 pandemic, the public generally expressed high pandemic-specific support for their governments. Analysis based on ESS Round 10 COVID-19 module data from 20 countries shows, however, that there was a gap between pandemic-specific and specific support for governments in European states. A positive gap in favor of pandemic-specific support for governments was found among 52.7% of the respondents, while a negative trend was observed among 24.0% of the respondents. Younger people, those self-employed or working for family businesses, students, those with better subjective health, and people who tested positive for or thought they had suffered from COVID-19 expressed less satisfaction with the government’s handling of COVID-19 in their country compared to general satisfaction with national government performance. Political opinions affected the support gap too; people who were satisfied with the way democracy works, were less trusting of their government’s ability to control the spread of the pathogen, preferred their own decisions over compliance with government restrictions, and perceived that their government failed to manage the health–economy trade-off restrained their pandemic-specific support for the government as well.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0760/13/3/146pandemicsatisfaction with democracysupport for governmenttrust in governmentEurope |
| spellingShingle | Klára Vlachová Rally and Rage: The Gap between Specific and Pandemic-Specific Support for Governments in Europe Social Sciences pandemic satisfaction with democracy support for government trust in government Europe |
| title | Rally and Rage: The Gap between Specific and Pandemic-Specific Support for Governments in Europe |
| title_full | Rally and Rage: The Gap between Specific and Pandemic-Specific Support for Governments in Europe |
| title_fullStr | Rally and Rage: The Gap between Specific and Pandemic-Specific Support for Governments in Europe |
| title_full_unstemmed | Rally and Rage: The Gap between Specific and Pandemic-Specific Support for Governments in Europe |
| title_short | Rally and Rage: The Gap between Specific and Pandemic-Specific Support for Governments in Europe |
| title_sort | rally and rage the gap between specific and pandemic specific support for governments in europe |
| topic | pandemic satisfaction with democracy support for government trust in government Europe |
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