How hypermasculine leadership may have affected early COVID-19 policy responses

Waylen, Georgina (2021) How hypermasculine leadership may have affected early COVID-19 policy responses. British Politics and Policy at LSE (29 Jun 2021). Blog Entry.

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Abstract

Georgina Waylen argues that the reluctance of politicians with hypermasculine leadership traits – displayed in rhetoric, behaviour, and symbols – to take the pandemic seriously and implement or adhere to mitigation measures, contributed to incoherent policy-making, poor and confused communication, reducing levels of public trust, and contributing to high rates of infection and death.

Item Type:	Online resource (Blog Entry)
Official URL:	https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpolicy/
Additional Information:	© 2021 The Author
Divisions:	LSE
Subjects:	J Political Science > JN Political institutions (Europe) > JN101 Great Britain R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology
Date Deposited:	20 Aug 2021 13:42
Last Modified:	11 Sep 2025 13:22
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/111194

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