Authoritarian and democratic states
The Covid-19 pandemic and the efficacy of public health outcomes
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6296472 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Hyesong Ha (0000-0002-6423-192X, Nazarbayev University), Colin Knox (0000-0003-4635-1204, Nazarbayev University, corresponding author), Saltanat Janenova (0000-0001-8129-3543, University of Bristol) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 44 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 767-784 |
| Publication date | 2024-12-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Public Policy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0143-814X • E-ISSN: 1469-7815 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0143814x24000163 |
| OpenAlex | W4403492857 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 34 |
There is a populist narrative that authoritarian regimes were better able to respond to the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic because of their strict enforcement powers, compliance of citizens, and speed of autocratic decision-making in a crisis. Research evidence to date on this assertion is however inconclusive or inconsistent. This paper analyses data from democratic and authoritarian countries with the aim of finding out whether autocratic regimes, using greater stringency measures (policy interventions to tackle COVID-19), had better public health outcomes than their counterparts. The results show that authoritarian regimes performed better in tackling the pandemic in terms of infection and death rates than their counterparts. However, we did not find any empirical evidence on the moderation effect of trust in government on the relationship between stringency measures against COVID-19 and policy outcomes. This result might be due to the lack of data transparency in authoritarian countries
2019-20 coronavirus outbreak · Authoritarianism · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 · Democracy · Development economics · Economics · Outbreak · Pandemic · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Public health · Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2 · Employment and Welfare Studies · Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology · Healthcare Systems and Reforms · Law · Medicine · Virology
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| Citations per year | 7 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2025 - 2026 (2) |
| Highly cited | No |