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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 , presentational and representational acting , political science , turkish , agency (philosophy) , context (archaeology) , political crisis , covid-19 , political economy , public administration , sociology , social psychology , psychology , social science , 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.