Political orientation and support for social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic: evidence from Brazil

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Autor(a) principal: Ramos, Guilherme
Data de Publicação: 2020
Outros Autores: Vieites, Yan, Jacob, Jorge, Andrade, Eduardo B.
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: por
eng
Título da fonte: Revista de Administração Pública
Texto Completo: https://periodicos.fgv.br/rap/article/view/81881
Resumo: Social distancing practices have been widely recommended to curb the COVID-19 pandemic. However, despite the medical consensus, many citizens have resisted adhering to and/or supporting its implementation. While this resistance may stem from the non-negligible personal economic costs of implementing social distancing, we argue that it may also reside in more fundamental differences in normative principles and belief systems, as reflected by political orientation. In a study conducted in Brazil, we test the relative importance of these explanations by examining whether and how support for social distancing varies according to self-identified political orientation and personal economic vulnerability. Results show that while economic vulnerability does not influence support for social distancing, conservatives are systematically less supportive of these practices than liberals. Discrepancies in sensitivity to threats to the economic system help explain the phenomenon.
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spelling Political orientation and support for social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic: evidence from BrazilOrientación política y apoyo al aislamiento social durante la pandemia de COVID-19: evidencia de BrasilOrientação política e apoio ao isolamento social durante a pandemia da COVID-19: evidências do BrasilCOVID-19political orientationsocial distancingpublic policy.COVID-19orientación políticaaislamiento socialpolítica pública.COVID-19orientação políticaisolamento socialpolítica pública.Social distancing practices have been widely recommended to curb the COVID-19 pandemic. However, despite the medical consensus, many citizens have resisted adhering to and/or supporting its implementation. While this resistance may stem from the non-negligible personal economic costs of implementing social distancing, we argue that it may also reside in more fundamental differences in normative principles and belief systems, as reflected by political orientation. In a study conducted in Brazil, we test the relative importance of these explanations by examining whether and how support for social distancing varies according to self-identified political orientation and personal economic vulnerability. Results show that while economic vulnerability does not influence support for social distancing, conservatives are systematically less supportive of these practices than liberals. Discrepancies in sensitivity to threats to the economic system help explain the phenomenon.Las prácticas de aislamiento social se han recomendado ampliamente para contener la propagación de la pandemia de COVID-19. Sin embargo, a pesar del consenso médico, muchos ciudadanos se han resistido a adherirse y/o apoyar su implementación. Si bien esta resistencia puede provenir de costos económicos personales no despreciables en la implementación del aislamiento social, argumentamos que también puede residir en diferencias más fundamentadas en principios normativos y sistemas de creencias, reflejados en la orientación política. El artículo prueba, mediante una encuesta realizada en Brasil, la importancia relativa de estas explicaciones al examinar si y de qué manera el apoyo al aislamiento social varía de acuerdo con la orientación política declarada y la vulnerabilidad económica personal. Los resultados muestran que, si bien la vulnerabilidad económica no influye en el apoyo al aislamiento social, los conservadores apoyan dichas prácticas sistemáticamente menos que los liberales. Las diferencias de sensibilidad ante las amenazas al sistema económico ayudan a explicar el fenómeno.Práticas de isolamento social têm sido amplamente recomendadas para conter a propagação da pandemia da COVID-19. No entanto, apesar do consenso médico, muitos cidadãos têm resistido a aderir e/ou apoiar a sua implementação. Enquanto essa resistência pode ter origem nos custos econômicos individuais não desprezíveis de implementar o isolamento social, argumentamos que ela também pode residir em diferenças mais fundamentais nos princípios normativos e sistemas de crenças, refletidos na orientação política. Em um estudo conduzido no Brasil, testamos a importância relativa dessas explicações ao examinar se e como o apoio ao isolamento social varia de acordo com orientação política autodeclarada e vulnerabilidade econômica pessoal. Os resultados mostram que enquanto a vulnerabilidade econômica não influencia o apoio ao isolamento social, indivíduos que se consideram de direita apoiam sistematicamente menos tais práticas do que aqueles que se consideram de esquerda. Diferenças em suas sensibilidades a ameaças ao sistema econômico ajudam a explicar o fenômeno.Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV EBAPE)2020-07-16info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttps://periodicos.fgv.br/rap/article/view/81881Brazilian Journal of Public Administration; Vol. 54 No. 4 (2020): The response of the Brazilian public administration to the challenges of the pandemic; 697-713Revista de Administração Pública; Vol. 54 Núm. 4 (2020): La respuesta de la administración pública brasileña a los desafíos de la pandemia; 697-713Revista de Administração Pública; v. 54 n. 4 (2020): A resposta da administração pública brasileira aos desafios da pandemia; 697-7131982-31340034-7612reponame:Revista de Administração Públicainstname:Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV)instacron:FGVporenghttps://periodicos.fgv.br/rap/article/view/81881/78088https://periodicos.fgv.br/rap/article/view/81881/pdf_358Copyright (c) 2020 Revista de Administração Públicainfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessRamos, GuilhermeVieites, YanJacob, JorgeAndrade, Eduardo B.2020-08-10T11:51:13Zoai:ojs.periodicos.fgv.br:article/81881Revistahttps://ebape.fgv.br/publicacoes/rapONGhttps://old.scielo.br/oai/scielo-oai.php||rap@fgv.br1982-31340034-7612opendoar:2020-08-10T11:51:13Revista de Administração Pública - Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV)false
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Political orientation and support for social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic: evidence from Brazil
Orientación política y apoyo al aislamiento social durante la pandemia de COVID-19: evidencia de Brasil
Orientação política e apoio ao isolamento social durante a pandemia da COVID-19: evidências do Brasil
title Political orientation and support for social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic: evidence from Brazil
spellingShingle Political orientation and support for social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic: evidence from Brazil
Ramos, Guilherme
COVID-19
political orientation
social distancing
public policy.
COVID-19
orientación política
aislamiento social
política pública.
COVID-19
orientação política
isolamento social
política pública.
title_short Political orientation and support for social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic: evidence from Brazil
title_full Political orientation and support for social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic: evidence from Brazil
title_fullStr Political orientation and support for social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic: evidence from Brazil
title_full_unstemmed Political orientation and support for social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic: evidence from Brazil
title_sort Political orientation and support for social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic: evidence from Brazil
author Ramos, Guilherme
author_facet Ramos, Guilherme
Vieites, Yan
Jacob, Jorge
Andrade, Eduardo B.
author_role author
author2 Vieites, Yan
Jacob, Jorge
Andrade, Eduardo B.
author2_role author
author
author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Ramos, Guilherme
Vieites, Yan
Jacob, Jorge
Andrade, Eduardo B.
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv COVID-19
political orientation
social distancing
public policy.
COVID-19
orientación política
aislamiento social
política pública.
COVID-19
orientação política
isolamento social
política pública.
topic COVID-19
political orientation
social distancing
public policy.
COVID-19
orientación política
aislamiento social
política pública.
COVID-19
orientação política
isolamento social
política pública.
description Social distancing practices have been widely recommended to curb the COVID-19 pandemic. However, despite the medical consensus, many citizens have resisted adhering to and/or supporting its implementation. While this resistance may stem from the non-negligible personal economic costs of implementing social distancing, we argue that it may also reside in more fundamental differences in normative principles and belief systems, as reflected by political orientation. In a study conducted in Brazil, we test the relative importance of these explanations by examining whether and how support for social distancing varies according to self-identified political orientation and personal economic vulnerability. Results show that while economic vulnerability does not influence support for social distancing, conservatives are systematically less supportive of these practices than liberals. Discrepancies in sensitivity to threats to the economic system help explain the phenomenon.
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