Bailout or bust? Government evaluations in the wake of a bailout

Larsen, Erik Gahner; Klemmensen, Robert; Klitgaard, Michael Baggesen

doi:10.1017/s1755773919000092

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“…Alternatively, Larsen et al (2019) show that a bailout in the Netherlands actually increased political support; they argue that citizens rewarded government for acting, even if these policies were potentially harmful. It is not clear if this can be generalised to externally derived bailouts.…”

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Perceived government autonomy, economic evaluations, and political support during the Eurozone crisis

Devine

2019

West European Politics

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The Eurozone crisis and resulting economic interventions present a particular manifestation of the dilemma between globalisation and national democracy, one in which supranational involvement led to an unprecedented reduction in democratic governance. This has been linked to an erosion in support for the domestic political system, but the precise mechanism is still debated. This paper tests two mechanisms proposed in the recent literature: firstly, that citizens perceived that their domestic system's autonomy was constrained by the economic interventions, which led citizens to reduce their support for the domestic system; secondly, that the decline was due to worsening economic evaluations. This paper tests these arguments together at the individual level for the first time using a multilevel analysis of European Election Study data, and replicates the results with a case study of Portugal. The analysis finds no support for the autonomy argument, but instead points to the crucial role of economic evaluations.

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Perceived government autonomy, economic evaluations, and political support during the Eurozone crisis

Devine

2019

West European Politics

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“…It is, however, important to bear the time frame in mind: the financial-economic and Euro crisis unfolded over the period of almost a decade. In most EU countries trust in government did not start declining immediately; in some countries it even spiked in the first months after the start of the financial crisis (Larsen et al 2019;Roth et al 2013, 23). There is good reason to expect even stronger public support and elite consensus in the early stages of a pandemic crisis: whereas economic crises or terrorist attacks relate to salient political conflict lines in most political systems, which can be readily politicised, this cannot be said for the public management of pandemics.…”

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Opposition in times of crisis: COVID-19 in parliamentary debates

Louwerse

Sieberer

Tuttnauer

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West European Politics

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The COVID-19 pandemic presents an exceptional crisis situation not only for governments, but also for politicians in opposition. This article analyses opposition party expressed sentiment visa -vis government actions and policies during the first six months of 2020. Based on an original content analysis of parliamentary debates in four established parliamentary democracies (Germany, Israel, Netherlands, United Kingdom), relatively positive opposition expressed sentiment in parliament early on during the crisis is observed, in line with a 'rally effect' observed in public opinion. Sentiment turned more negative as the first wave of the crisis abated. Larger opposition parties with considerable prior government experience were more positive than larger parties without such experience.

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“…As people's major concerns were about education and healthcare policies [70], citizens' satisfaction with government policies was also associated with economic performance [71][72][73][74] and trust [75][76][77][78][79][80], increased satisfaction among people leading to higher trust in government [81].…”

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Public Opinion on European Health Policy, Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic

Vasilescu

Apostu

Militaru

et al. 2022

IJERPH

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Often, global crises, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, bring to light crucial weaknesses in political, economic, social and health systems. First, there are governments who formulate and implement policies and, second, there are the citizens who support them, thus contributing a great deal to their success. Our paper investigates the European citizens’ opinion on health policy, focusing on their preference for European health policy during the coronavirus pandemic. The paper uses bibliometric analysis, descriptive statistics, and logistic regression to discuss the public opinion on health policy, the factors of influence, the change in perspectives between 2020 and 2021, and the socio-demographic profile of those favorable for the development of a European health policy in response to the coronavirus pandemic. Our findings show that citizens from southern and central European countries are more likely to prioritize the development of a European health policy, as compared to Nordic countries. Between 2020 and 2021, pro-European health policy citizens profile changes and becomes clearer, from pensioners to young working age males with medium education. In general, people prioritizing a European health policy value health as the most important issue at a national level are generally satisfied with the European Union and do not trust their national government.

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Bailout or bust? Government evaluations in the wake of a bailout

Cited by 5 publications

References 54 publications

Perceived government autonomy, economic evaluations, and political support during the Eurozone crisis

Perceived government autonomy, economic evaluations, and political support during the Eurozone crisis

Opposition in times of crisis: COVID-19 in parliamentary debates

Public Opinion on European Health Policy, Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic

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