Women prime ministers and COVID-19: Within-case examinations of New Zealand and Iceland
As COVID-19 cases and deaths mounted globally in the spring of 2020, the news media presented a narrative that women heads of government were more successful at handling the pandemic, sparking a scholarly debate. We take an in-depth look at two of the headline women-led cases (New Zealand and Icelan...
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ftvirginiatec:oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/113298 2024-05-19T07:42:25+00:00 Women prime ministers and COVID-19: Within-case examinations of New Zealand and Iceland Politics and Policy Tyner, Katie Jalalzai, Farida New Zealand Iceland 2022-12-01 Pages 1076-1095 application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/10919/113298 https://doi.org/10.1111/polp.12511 en eng Wiley 1555-5623 http://hdl.handle.net/10919/113298 https://doi.org/10.1111/polp.12511 50 6 Jalalzai, Farida [0000-0001-7857-0933] 1747-1346 Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Gender Equality Female leadership COVID-19 Executive politics Gender and politics Women prime ministers Leadership styles Article - Refereed Journal Article Text 2022 ftvirginiatec https://doi.org/10.1111/polp.12511 2024-04-24T00:37:50Z As COVID-19 cases and deaths mounted globally in the spring of 2020, the news media presented a narrative that women heads of government were more successful at handling the pandemic, sparking a scholarly debate. We take an in-depth look at two of the headline women-led cases (New Zealand and Iceland) to identify critical junctures and crucial actors in the policy-making process. Our research questions are as follows: What main factors comprised the executive decision-making process and approach to COVID-19 management in New Zealand and Iceland, and to what extent do these factors intersect with prevailing gender stereotypes of feminine leadership? We conducted elite interviews with senior politicians and civil servants in New Zealand and Iceland and found that consensus-oriented governance, honest and frequent communication with the public, agile and adaptive institutions, deference to scientific advice, collective and decisive action, and policies guided by empathy and humility have proved critical in these cases, and that many of these factors are associated with stereotypically feminine leadership traits. Published version Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland VTechWorks (VirginiaTech) Politics & Policy 50 6 1076 1095 |
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As COVID-19 cases and deaths mounted globally in the spring of 2020, the news media presented a narrative that women heads of government were more successful at handling the pandemic, sparking a scholarly debate. We take an in-depth look at two of the headline women-led cases (New Zealand and Iceland) to identify critical junctures and crucial actors in the policy-making process. Our research questions are as follows: What main factors comprised the executive decision-making process and approach to COVID-19 management in New Zealand and Iceland, and to what extent do these factors intersect with prevailing gender stereotypes of feminine leadership? We conducted elite interviews with senior politicians and civil servants in New Zealand and Iceland and found that consensus-oriented governance, honest and frequent communication with the public, agile and adaptive institutions, deference to scientific advice, collective and decisive action, and policies guided by empathy and humility have proved critical in these cases, and that many of these factors are associated with stereotypically feminine leadership traits. Published version |
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Women prime ministers and COVID-19: Within-case examinations of New Zealand and Iceland |
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