Pandemic Politics, 9780691218991
Hardcover
Politics over public health: How Trump’s COVID response endangered America.

Pandemic Politics

the deadly toll of partisanship in the age of covid

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  • Hardcover

    400 pages

  • Release Date

    14 December 2022

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Summary

Pandemic Politics: How Partisanship Prolonged the Crisis

COVID-19 has claimed more lives than any war or public health crisis in American history, but the severity and tragic human impact of the pandemic were not unavoidable. Pandemic Politics delves into how Donald Trump transformed COVID-19 into a political issue, revealing how his administration linked the pandemic to the president’s electoral prospects and prioritized partisanship over public health, with devastating co…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780691218991
ISBN-10:0691218994
Author:Shana Kushner Gadarian, Sara Wallace Goodman, Thomas B. Pepinsky
Publisher:Princeton University Press
Imprint:Princeton University Press
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:400
Release Date:14 December 2022
Weight:666g
Dimensions:235mm x 156mm
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Critics Review

“A Foreign Affairs Best of Books”“Readers will appreciate the care that went into this work as well as the depth of the authors’ findings, which highlight just how extensively partisanship shaped the public’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. This book is destined to end up on the shelf of anyone interested in public health and public opinion.”—Matthew S. Levendusky, Science“A solid work of history attempting to assess one of the most historic events of the 21st century.”—Steve Donoghue, Open Letters Review

About The Author

Shana Kushner Gadarian

Shana Kushner Gadarian is the Merle Goldberg Fabian Professor of Excellence in Citizenship and Critical Thinking at Syracuse University and the coauthor of Anxious Politics.

Sara Wallace Goodman is professor of political science at the University of California, Irvine, and the author of Citizenship in Hard Times.

Thomas B. Pepinsky is the Walter F. LaFeber Professor of Government and Public Policy at Cornell University and the coauthor of Piety and Public Opinion.

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