Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2023
Abstract
This paper explores how crises, such as the COVID- 19 pandemic, can impact political behavior amid restrictions. Specifically, this paper builds a theoretical model suggesting the pandemic promoted restriction-oriented policies from the government in response to the crisis while promoting populist tendencies among citizens who disagree with those policies. Moreover, through a formal two-player extensive form game, the model promoted in this paper suggests restrictions are unpopular enough that citizens may push back on such policies regardless of crisis severity. The theoretical outcomes here have significant implications on governance, given that politicians care about re-election.
Recommended Citation
Luartz, Lewis Alexander. 2023. “A Theory of the COVID-19 Pandemic’s Impact on the Government-Citizen Relationship / Teorija vpliva pandemije COVID-19 na odnos med vlado in državljani.” Monitor ISH XXV(1): 67-89.
Peer Reviewed
1
Copyright
Alma Mater Europaea – Institutum Studiorum Humanitatis, Fakulteta za humanistični študij, Ljubljana
Comments
This article was originally published in Monitor ISH, volume XXV, issue 1, in 2023.
This scholarship is part of the Chapman University COVID-19 Archives.