Equally at risk? Perceived financial differences, risk assessment and containment measures in the Covid-19 pandemic

Datos Bibliográficos

ID6049802
AutoresDaniel Stockemer (0000-0003-3502-6828, University of Ottawa, autor de correspondencia), Arne Niemann (0000-0003-2602-6201, Department of Political Science, University of Mainz, Mainz, Germany), Doris Unger (0000-0002-0032-7797, Department of Political Science, University of Mainz, Mainz, Germany), Friedrich Plank (0000-0002-7116-4809, Department of Political Science, University of Mainz, Mainz, Germany)
Año2022
Volumen28
Número2
Páginas225-244
Fecha de publicación2022-03-15
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaContemporary Politics (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1356-9775 • E-ISSN: 1469-3631
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/13569775.2021.1992148
OpenAlexW3211027857
IdiomaEN
Referencias citadas58

The COVID-19 pandemic has affected nearly everybody around the world. The risk of getting infected as well as the risks posed by the economic consequences of the containment measures do not stop at borders or class differences. How do citizens react to such a transboundary crisis? Do such crises have an equalising effect across different social strata of the population? And who are the groups who favour strong government containment measures such as lockdowns? To answer these questions, we conducted an original survey in Germany and the U.S. during the first wave of the virus in June 2020. We find no support for an equalising effect of the crisis, as our conceptual point of departure – the notion of risk society – would presume. Rather, our results indicate that citizens who perceive that they are financially less well-off have greater economic and health-related fears. They also differ in their preferred government response from those who are economically satisfied

2019-20 coronavirus outbreak · Actuarial science · Business · Containment (computer programming · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 · Economics · Outbreak · Pandemic · Risk assessment · Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2 · Computer Science · COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts · Disaster Management and Resilience · Medicine · Risk Perception and Management · Internal Medicine · Virology