The value conflict between freedom and security: Explaining the variation of COVID-19 policies in democracies and autocracies

In the name of health security, individual freedoms were constrained in an unprecedented way in many countries, democratic or authoritarian, all over the world during the COVID-19 pandemic. Yet the constraints have not been consistent across countries, which motivates this paper to examine the relev...

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Main Authors: Nicole J. Saam, Carmen Friedrich, Henriette Engelhardt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2022-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9462556/?tool=EBI