Kobayashi, Y orcid.org/0000-0003-3908-1074, Cilizoglu, M, Heinrich, T et al. (1 more author) (2024) No Entry in a Pandemic: Public Support for Border Closures. American Journal of Political Science, 68 (2). pp. 372-389. ISSN 0092-5853
Abstract
Effective response to and rapid and reliable detection of infectious disease outbreaks require successful coordination of countries’ border policies early on. As threats from diseases are highly salient to the public, researchers agree that a better understanding of domestic politics is crucial. This article investigates a key piece of this question: public demands for border closures. Our experiments in the United Kingdom and the United States show that a greater pandemic threat mildly increases support for border closures, but the World Health Organization's (WHO) guidance against border closures and reminders about international legal obligations to follow the guidance substantially weaken support for border closures. However, during the COVID-19 pandemic, many countries flouted WHO's recommendations and restricted their borders. Examining media attention suggests people's lack of knowledge of the WHO guidance as a crucial reason for those border closures. Our study produces insights into the design of effective global health governance.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2023 The Authors. American Journal of Political Science published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of Midwest Political Science Association. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Education, Social Sciences and Law (Leeds) > School of Politics & International Studies (POLIS) (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 21 Dec 2022 10:01 |
Last Modified: | 08 Nov 2024 14:34 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Wiley |
Identification Number: | 10.1111/ajps.12790 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:194407 |