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Title: Institutional Capacities, Partisan Divisions, and Federal Tensions in U.S. Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic
Language: English
Authors: Sarah James (ORCID 0000-0002-3352-9336), Caroline Tervo, Theda Skocpol
Source: RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences. 2022 8(8):154-180.
Availability: Russell Sage Foundation. 112 East 64th Street, New York, NY 10065. Tel: 212-750-6000; e-mail: journal@rsage.org; Web site: www.rsfjournal.org/
Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 27
Publication Date: 2022
Document Type: Journal Articles
Reports - Evaluative
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Disease Incidence, Public Health, State Government, State Action, Information Dissemination, Political Attitudes, Data Use, Evaluation Utilization, Public Policy, Government Role, Reaction Time, Disease Control
ISSN: 2377-8253
2377-8261
Abstract: The COVID-19 pandemic struck during a period of extreme polarization in American politics. Unsurprisingly, responses to it quickly became politicized despite increasingly clear findings from scientific and public health communities about the most effective approaches for limiting its spread. We ask how the politicization affected pandemic response at the state level. We document and explain several kinds of state-level actions, beginning with 2020 variations in collecting and publishing COVID-related data and early mitigation strategies. We find that state capacity explains the former and partisanship the latter. We show that divisions within the Republican Party also meaningfully affected state responses. Inter- and intraparty divisions -- rather than geography or severity of COVID -- in fact continue to influence state policy following the inauguration of President Joe Biden, the availability of vaccines, and the rise of the Delta variant. These findings document that U.S. federalism often created obstacles to effective governmental responses.
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Entry Date: 2024
Accession Number: EJ1453872
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