The Politics of Covid-19 Vaccination Hesitancy in Southeastern Europe.

Covid-19; Southeastern Europe; nationalism; populism; vaccination hesitancy; History; Economics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous); Anthropology; Cultural Studies; Political Science and International Relations; Sociology and Political Science; Law; Gender Studies

Abstract :

[en] The execution of Covid-19 vaccination drives in former Yugoslavia's successor states has been disappointing. The rapidly evolving literature on the Covid-19 pandemic suggests the levels of support for vaccination are correlated with education, trust in public-health institutions, and exposure to the negative economic and health effects of the pandemic. The explanations of the political foundations of vaccination hesitancy, however, need better empirical grounding. We shed light on this subject by analyzing the results of a survey conducted on more than six thousand respondents from Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, and Serbia, as well as a combination of public-health, economic, and sociodemographic data across more than five hundred municipalities in Croatia. Most notably, we find the political sources of vaccination hesitancy to be strongly related to people's support for the ideas of political parties committed to nationalist populism.

Disciplines :

Political science, public administration & international relations

Author, co-author :

GLAURDIC, Josip ; University of Luxembourg

LESSCHAEVE, Christophe ; University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences (FHSE) > Department of Social Sciences (DSOC) > Political Science

External co-authors :

Language :

English

Title :

The Politics of Covid-19 Vaccination Hesitancy in Southeastern Europe.

Publication date :

March 2024

Journal title :

Comparative Southeast European studies

ISSN :

2701-8199

eISSN :

2701-8202

Publisher :

De Gruyter Oldenbourg, Germany

Volume :

Issue :

Pages :

33 - 57

Peer reviewed :

Peer reviewed

Additional URL :

https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/soeu-2023-0006/xml

Funders :

University of Luxembourg, Faculty of Humanities, Education, and Social Sciences
H2020 European Research Council

Funding text :

Research for this article was supported by the European Research Council (ERC) Starting Grant 714589, as well as by supplementary funding by the Faculty of Humanities, Education, and Social Sciences of the University of Luxembourg.Research funding: Research for this article was supported by the European Research Council (ERC) Starting Grant 714589, as well as by supplementary funding by the Faculty of Humanities, Education, and Social Sciences of the University of Luxembourg.

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