Pandemic Politics : : The Deadly Toll of Partisanship in the Age of COVID / / Sara Wallace Goodman, Shana Kushner Gadarian, Thomas B. Pepinsky.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2022 English
• VerfasserIn: Gadarian, Shana Kushner,; Goodman, Sara Wallace,; Pepinsky, Thomas B.,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2022]; ©2022
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (400 p.) :; 80 b/w illus. 12 tables.

How the politicization of the pandemic endangers our lives—and our democracyCOVID-19 has killed more people than any war or public health crisis in American history, but the scale and grim human toll of the pandemic were not inevitable. Pandemic Politics examines how Donald Trump politicized COVID-19, shedding new light on how his administration tied the pandemic to the president’s political fate in an election year and chose partisanship over public health, with disastrous consequences for all of us.Health is not an inherently polarizing issue, but the Trump administration’s partisan response to COVID-19 led ordinary citizens to prioritize what was good for their “team” rather than what was good for their country. Democrats, in turn, viewed the crisis as evidence of Trump’s indifference to public well-being. At a time when solidarity and bipartisan unity were sorely needed, Americans came to see the pandemic in partisan terms, adopting behaviors and attitudes that continue to divide us today. This book draws on a wealth of new data on public opinion to show how pandemic politics has touched all aspects of our lives—from the economy to race and immigration—and puts America’s COVID-19 response in global perspective.An in-depth account of a uniquely American tragedy, Pandemic Politics reveals how the politicization of the COVID-19 pandemic has profound and troubling implications for public health and the future of democracy itself.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. America’s Preexisting Conditions -- 2. Politicizing the Pandemic -- 3. To Mask or Not to Mask: The Behavioral Response to COVID -- 4. Who’s to Blame? The Emotional Response to COVID -- 5. What Your Country Can Do for You: The Partisan Split in Policy -- 6. The Cost of a Pandemic: COVID-19 and the American Economy -- 7. Do Not Enter: COVID-19 and the Politics of Immigration -- 8. The Burdens of Inequality: Race and the COVID-19 Pandemic -- 9. Voting for Your Life: COVID-19 and American Democracy -- 10. Shots in Arms: The Partisan Politics of Vaccination -- Conclusion -- Epilogue -- Appendix -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A Note on the Type