Amirkhanyan Anna A, Meier Kenneth J, Song Miyeon, Roberts Fei W, Park Joohyung, Vogel Dominik, Bellé Nicola, Molina Angel Luis, Guul Thorbjørn Sejr
Department of Public Administration and Policy American University Washington District of Columbia USA.
Department of Public Administration and Policy American University, Cardiff School of Business, and Institute of Public Administration, Leiden University Washington District of Columbia USA.
Public Adm Rev. 2023 Jan 5. doi: 10.1111/puar.13588.
During a global pandemic, individual views of government can be linked to citizens' trust and cooperation with government and their propensity to resist state policies or to take action that influences the course of a pandemic. This article explores citizens' assessments of government responses to COVID-19 as a function of policy substance (restrictions on civil liberties), information about performance, and socioeconomic inequity in outcomes. We conducted a survey experiment and analyzed data on over 7000 respondents from eight democratic countries. We find that across countries, citizens are less favorable toward COVID-19 policies that are more restrictive of civil liberties. Additionally, citizens' views of government performance are significantly influenced by objective performance information from reputable sources and information on the disproportionate impacts of COVID-19 on low-income groups. This study reinforces the importance of policy design and outcomes and the consideration of multiple public values in the implementation of public policies.
在全球大流行期间，个人对政府的看法可能与公民对政府的信任与合作相关，也与他们抵制国家政策或采取行动影响大流行进程的倾向有关。本文探讨公民对政府应对新冠疫情的评估，这是政策实质内容（对公民自由的限制）、绩效信息以及结果中的社会经济不平等的一个函数。我们进行了一项调查实验，并分析了来自八个民主国家的7000多名受访者的数据。我们发现，在各个国家，公民对限制公民自由程度更高的新冠疫情政策的好感度较低。此外，公民对政府绩效的看法受到来自可靠来源的客观绩效信息以及新冠疫情对低收入群体的不成比例影响的信息的显著影响。这项研究强化了政策设计和结果的重要性，以及在公共政策实施中考虑多种公共价值的重要性。
