How crises shape circles of solidarity : evidence from the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy

dc.contributor.authorFERWERDA, Jeremy
dc.contributor.authorMAGNI, Gabriele
dc.contributor.authorHOOGHE, Elisabeth
dc.contributor.authorMARKS, Gary
dc.date.accessioned2023-06-05T10:31:10Z
dc.date.available2023-06-05T10:31:10Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.descriptionPublished online: 26 May 2023en
dc.description.abstractHow has the COVID-19 pandemic affected boundaries of solidarity? Human-induced crises that impose asymmetric costs tend to sharpen pre-existing divides, but natural disasters often strengthen solidarity. The pandemic possesses properties of both kinds of crisis. In a panel survey conducted in Northern Italy, the initial epicenter of the pandemic, we asked respondents to complete conjoint tasks querying who was likely to violate health guidelines (wave 1) and who should be prioritized for vaccine distribution (wave 2). We find that while discrimination towards the rich is nearly universal, bias against other outgroups depends on ideology and personal experience with the crisis. Leftwing individuals display discrimination towards partisan outgroups, while those on the right display ethnic bias. However, this effect is conditional: those who suffered a significant income loss but no health effects display heightened discrimination, while respondents who experienced COVID-19 as a personal health crisis are less likely to penalize outgroups.en
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dc.identifier.citationComparative political studies, 2024, Vol. 57, No. 2, pp. 356-381en
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/00104140231169028
dc.identifier.endpage381
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dc.identifier.issn1552-3829
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dc.identifier.startpage356
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1814/75623
dc.identifier.volume57
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dc.rights.licenseAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internationalen
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dc.titleHow crises shape circles of solidarity : evidence from the COVID-19 pandemic in Italyen
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