TY  - JOUR
A1  - Wolff, Jonathan
A1  - Elitzer, David
A1  - Petherick, Anna
A1  - Tudor, Maya
A1  - Tyner, Katie
T1  - COVID-19 and authoritarianism: two strategies of engaging fear
T2  - Global justice : theory, practice, rhetoric
N2  - This paper considers ways in which rulers can respond to, generate, or exploit fear of COVID-19 infection for various ends, and in particular distinguishes between ‘fear-invoking’ and ‘fear-minimising’ strategies. It examines historical precedent for executive overreach in crises and then moves on to look in more detail at some specific areas where fear is being mobilised or generated: in ways that lead to the suspension of civil liberties; that foster discrimination against minorities; and that boost the personality cult of leaders and limit criticism or competition. Finally, in the Appendix, we present empirical work, based on the results of an original survey in Brazil, that provides support for the conjectures in the previous sections. While it is too early to tell what the longer-term outcomes of the changes we note will be, our purpose here is simply to identify some warning signs that threaten the key institutions and values of democracy.
KW  - COVID-19
KW  - Authoritarianism
KW  - Democracy
KW  - Fear-invoking
KW  - Fearminimising
KW  - Civil liberties
KW  - 11th September
KW  - India
KW  - Brazil
Y1  - 2022
UR  - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/67986
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-679863
SN  - 1835-6842
VL  - 13
IS  - 2
SP  - 78
EP  - 98
PB  - The Global Justice Network
CY  - [S.l]
ER  -