Sociopolitical consequences of COVID-19 in the Americas, Europe, and Asia: A multilevel, multicountry investigation of risk perceptions and support for antidemocratic practices
Cakal, Huseyin; Pizarro, José J.; Lander, Méndez; Zumeta, Larraitz; Marcela, Gracia; Nekane, Basabe; Navarro-Carrillo, Ginés; Ana Maria, Cazan; Saeed, Keshavarzi; Wilson López López, /; Yahiiaiev, Illia; Azulgaray, Carolina; Villagrán, Loreto; Moyano, Emilio; Petrovic, Nebojsa; Anderson, Mathias; Techio, Elza; Wlodarczyk, Anna; Alfaro Beracoechea, Laura; Ibarra Espinosa, Manuel Leonardo; Michael, Andreas; Mhaskar, Sumeet; Martinez Zelaya, Gonzalo; Bilbao, Marian; Delfino, Gisela; Carvalho, Catarina; Pinto, Isabel; Zehra, Falak; Espinosa, Agustín; Cueto, Rosa María; Cavalli, Stefano; Da Costa, Silvia; Amutio, Alberto; Alonso, Itziar; Paéz, Darío
Fecha:
2024-04
Resumen:
Although different social crises may eventually favor
undemocratic and authoritarian forms of governance,
at some point, such antidemocratic practices require the
support of a significant part of the population to be implemented.
The present research investigates how and
whether the COVID-19
pandemic might have favoured
greater support for antidemocratic governmental practices,
on the premise of regaining control and security.
Using data from 17 countries (N = 4364) and national-level
indicators (i.e., real number of contagions and deaths, and
sociopolitical indicators), we test how the risk of contagion
and death from COVID-19,
along with personal orientations
(i.e., social dominance orientation [SDO], right-wing
authoritarianism [RWA], and perceived anomie) motivate
authoritarian and antidemocratic practices. Results from
multilevel models indicate that risk perception and perceptions
of political instability predict a wish for stronger
leadership, agreement with martial law, and support for a
controlling government especially when SDO and RWA
are high, while more egalitarian and less conservative people
agree less with these authoritarian measures in spite of
the levels of risk perception. We discuss the implications
for these findings for future research on similar but also
dissimilar external events (natural disasters, war, or terror
incidents) and the consequences for societies with higher
authoritarian tendencies.
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