Research that Matters: Analyzing State Leadership Response to Covid-19

https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8322.12591

By: Jaymelee J. Kim, Amanda J. Reinke, Erin R. Eldridge, Maya Grant

Abstract
As the Covid‐19 pandemic continues to unfold around the world, governments engage in diverse decision‐making processes that shape everyday living patterns, rituals and livelihoods. This article compares and examines state‐level governmental influences on the social construction of the Covid‐19 disaster in the United States, specifically analyzing the states of Ohio and Georgia. The authors interrogate how governingbodies and officials in these states differentially construct the crisis and reshape social norms during periods of liminality.

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