Pandemien i Nordatlanten: Hvordan covid-19 har forenet en polariseret mikronation – og hvordan velkendte konflikter stadig ulmer
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https://doi.org/10.7146/politica.v54i4.134833Nøgleord:
covid-19, vælgeradfærd, offentlig opinion, demografi, støtte til myndigheder, vaccinemodstand, polariseringResumé
Covid-19-pandemien har illustreret betydningen af folkelig støtte til – eller modstand imod – videnskabelige og politiske myndigheder i en undtagelsessituation. Med udgangspunkt i kvantitative komparative undersøgelser er formålet med denne artikel at undersøge folkelige holdninger til coronarelaterede spørgsmål i en demokratisk mikronation i rigsfællesskabet, Færøerne. Dernæst undersøger artiklen, hvilke demografiske individfaktorer kan være med til at forklare folkelig støtte til myndighedernes håndtering og villigheden at lade sig vaccinere. Artiklen konkluderer, at covid-19-pandemien overordnet har forenet den færøske befolkning på tværs af partipolitiske, ideologiske og andre demografiske skillelinjer. Men undersøgelserne viser også, at den folkelige opinion er en omskiftelig størrelse, og at velkendte konfliktlinjer så som politisk ideologi, religion og alder stadig kan forklare folkelige uenigheder om spørgsmål vedrørende covid-19.
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