Sociopolitical consequences of COVID-19 in the Americas, Europe, and Asia: A multilevel, multicountry investigation of risk perceptions and support for antidemocratic practices

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dc.contributor.authorPizarro, José J.
dc.contributor.authorCakal, Huseyin
dc.contributor.authorMéndez, Lander
dc.contributor.authorZumeta, Larraitz N.
dc.contributor.authorGracia- Leiva, Marcela
dc.contributor.authorBasabe, Nekane
dc.contributor.authorNavarro-Carrillo, Ginés
dc.contributor.authorCazan, Ana-Maria
dc.contributor.authorKeshavarzi, Saeed
dc.contributor.authorLópez- López, Wilson
dc.contributor.authorYahiiaiev, Illia
dc.contributor.authorAlzugaray-Ponce, Carolina
dc.contributor.authorVillagrán, Loreto
dc.contributor.authorMoyano-Díaz, Emilio
dc.contributor.authorPetrović, Nebojša
dc.contributor.authorMathias, Anderson
dc.contributor.authorTechio, Elza M.
dc.contributor.authorWlodarczyk, Anna
dc.contributor.authorAlfaro-Beracoechea, Laura
dc.contributor.authorIbarra, Manuel L.
dc.contributor.authorMichael, Andreas
dc.contributor.authorMhaskar, Sumeet
dc.contributor.authorMartínez-Zelaya, Gonzalo
dc.contributor.authorBilbao, Marian
dc.contributor.authorDelfino, Gisela
dc.contributor.authorCarvalho, Catarina L.
dc.contributor.authorPinto, Isabel R.
dc.contributor.authorZehra Mohsin, Falak
dc.contributor.authorEspinosa, Agustín
dc.contributor.authorCueto, Rosa María
dc.contributor.authorCavalli, Stefano
dc.contributor.authorda Costa, Silvia
dc.contributor.authorAmutio, Alberto
dc.contributor.authorAlonso-Arbiol, Itziar
dc.contributor.authorPáez, Darío
dc.date.accessioned2024-02-19T15:47:09Z
dc.date.available2024-02-19T15:47:09Z
dc.date.issued2023-10-17
dc.description.abstractAlthough 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.
dc.identifier.issn1467-9221
dc.identifier.other10.1111/pops.12930
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12536/2115
dc.language.isoen
dc.titleSociopolitical consequences of COVID-19 in the Americas, Europe, and Asia: A multilevel, multicountry investigation of risk perceptions and support for antidemocratic practices
dc.typeArticle
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