Sociopolitical consequences of COVID-19 in the Americas, Europe, and Asia: A multilevel, multicountry investigation of risk perceptions and support for antidemocratic practices
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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COVID-19 在美洲、欧洲和亚洲的社会政治后果：对风险认知和反民主做法支持的多层次、多国家调查
DOI：
10.1111/pops.12930
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发表时间：
2023
影响因子：
4.6
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Pizarro J
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Pizarro J
尽管不同的社会危机最终可能会有利于非民主和专制的治理形式，但在某种程度上，这种反民主的做法需要相当一部分人口的支持才能实施。本研究调查了COVID-19大流行如何以及是否可能在重新获得控制和安全的前提下更大程度地支持反民主的政府做法。使用来自17个国家（N= 4364）的数据和国家级指标（即，真实的传染和死亡人数，以及社会政治指标），我们测试了COVID-19的传染和死亡风险，沿着个人取向（即，社会支配取向（SDO）、右翼威权主义（RWA）和感知失范）激发了威权主义和反民主实践。从多层次模型的结果表明，风险认知和政治不稳定的看法预测希望更强有力的领导，戒严令的协议，并支持一个控制政府，特别是当SDO和RWA高，而更多的平等主义和保守的人同意这些专制的措施，尽管风险认知的水平。我们讨论了这些研究结果的影响，为未来的研究相似，但也不同的外部事件（自然灾害，战争或恐怖事件）和后果的社会与更高的独裁倾向。
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.