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COVID-19 in Italy - Social Behavior and Governmental Policies (Hardcover)
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COVID-19 in Italy - Social Behavior and Governmental Policies (Hardcover)
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As the COVID-19 crisis began to take shape, all eyes were on Italy,
the first Western country to attempt a response to the deadly
pandemic. For institutional decision makers and average citizens
alike, it was a time of deep uncertainty. As scientists struggled
to understand the nature of the virus and how it spread, the
gradualness with which information became available caused only
deeper uncertainty, as did the inevitable disagreements over which
protective actions the government should put in place. Despite some
initial delay in its response, the Italian government eventually
implemented a nationwide lockdown, which helped control the spread
of the disease but simultaneously created unintended consequences
for vulnerable populations, like small business owners, women, the
elderly, and workers living paycheck to paycheck. Drawing on data
surveys conducted during the transition between the first lockdown
and staged reopening, this book examines people's risk perception
and their willingness to trust the sources and channels of
information that were available to them. It also looks at their
attitudes toward the protective behaviors they were asked to adopt
and the ways in which their own cultural worldviews impacted their
support for pandemic response policies. With remarkable depth and
candor, respondents reflected on what a post-COVID-19 Italy might
look like, filling out the book with the hopes and fears of real
people who had stared death in the face and lived to tell about it.
The book looks ahead to possibilities for future research, policy,
and practice. COVID-19 in Italy elaborates and tests several
aspects of the Protective Action Decision Model (PADM) in the
Italian context, introducing the concept of ontological security
and insecurity as an explanatory change factor to help interpret
the Italian experience of responding to COVID-19.
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