Claiming credit and avoiding blame: political accountability in Greek and Turkish responses to the COVID‐19 crisis | Zendy

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Claiming credit and avoiding blame: political accountability in Greek and Turkish responses to the COVID‐19 crisis

Author(s) -

Zahariadis Nikolaos,

Petridou Evangelia,

Oztig Lacin Idil

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

european policy analysis

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.558

H-Index - 12

ISSN - 2380-6567

DOI - 10.1002/epa2.1089

Subject(s) - accountability , blame , politics , political science , presentational and representational acting , turkish , agency (philosophy) , context (archaeology) , covid-19 , political crisis , political economy , public administration , sociology , social psychology , social science , psychology , medicine , law , geography , philosophy , linguistics , disease , archaeology , pathology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , aesthetics

Using a framework developed by Hood and adapting it to crises, we explore the factors behind the use of three types of political accountability strategies— presentational, policy, and agency—during responses to the COVID‐19 crisis in Greece and Turkey. We situate the comparison in the current political context and conclude with implications for political survival as leaders attempt to balance public accountability, political expediency, and national health.

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