TY - JOUR
T1 - The importance of trust and transparency in managing the COVID-19 pandemic. Evidence from sixteen EU member states
AU - Stivas, Dionysios
AU - Cole, Alistair
N1 - Funding Information:
This research is supported by the Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence Improving Institutional Trust in Times of Pandemics Erasmus-JMO-2022-COE-101085026.
Publisher copyright:
© 2023 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
PY - 2023/3/21
Y1 - 2023/3/21
N2 - During the COVID-19 pandemic, the European Union’s (EU) member states operationalized different methods to control the virus. By April 2022, the EU countries recorded considerably different COVID-19 related deaths. In this study, we investigate whether trust in government and in the medical staff, COVID-19 related transparency, and different mixes of these two, influenced the capacity of sixteen EU countries to manage the pandemic. To substantiate our inquiry, we utilize a modified version of the Trust-Transparency Matrix. Our study suggests that trust and transparency, in the context of the pandemic, operate as contextual variables of effective public management. The value of the trust-transparency framework is to elucidate general governance dynamics and to identify those that are the most pertinent in terms of the response to the pandemic.
AB - During the COVID-19 pandemic, the European Union’s (EU) member states operationalized different methods to control the virus. By April 2022, the EU countries recorded considerably different COVID-19 related deaths. In this study, we investigate whether trust in government and in the medical staff, COVID-19 related transparency, and different mixes of these two, influenced the capacity of sixteen EU countries to manage the pandemic. To substantiate our inquiry, we utilize a modified version of the Trust-Transparency Matrix. Our study suggests that trust and transparency, in the context of the pandemic, operate as contextual variables of effective public management. The value of the trust-transparency framework is to elucidate general governance dynamics and to identify those that are the most pertinent in terms of the response to the pandemic.
KW - COVID-19
KW - European union
KW - Trust
KW - pandemic
KW - transparency
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U2 - 10.1080/14782804.2023.2193733
DO - 10.1080/14782804.2023.2193733
M3 - Journal article
SN - 1478-2804
SP - 1
EP - 18
JO - Journal of Contemporary European Studies
JF - Journal of Contemporary European Studies
ER -
