Anti-science populism versus Brazil's Covid-19 vaccination Program: a tale of two pandemic stories

Arruda Castro, Gabriel de; Reich, Gary M.

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dc.contributor.author	Arruda Castro, Gabriel de	de
dc.contributor.author	Reich, Gary M.	de
dc.date.accessioned	2025-08-18T14:03:37Z
dc.date.available	2025-08-18T14:03:37Z
dc.date.issued	2025	de
dc.identifier.issn	1868-4890	de
dc.identifier.uri	https://www.ssoar.info/ssoar/handle/document/104613
dc.description.abstract	Can civil servants protect the administrative state from illiberal populism? We argue that bureaucratic success in fending off illiberal populism necessitates both a supportive institutional environment and overcoming populist rhetoric meant to undermine public confidence in policy expertise. The Covid-19 pandemic in Brazil is a case study of populist antipathy toward a professional public health service. Brazil's public health officials were able to defy Jair Bolsonaro's obstruction of a Covid-19 mass vaccination program thanks to institutions characterised by insulation from executive reprisal, decentralised health care provision, and an independent judiciary. However, civil servant resistance was less effective in nullifying Bolsonaro's anti-vaccine rhetoric: Even as most Brazilians received Covid-19 vaccines, vaccination rates remained associated with electoral support for Bolsonaro and overall vaccine hesitancy increased. The Brazilian case suggests the power of populist rhetoric to undermine pluralist public administration by attacking its epistemic foundation, even in a context favorable to bureaucratic resistance.	de
dc.language	en	de
dc.subject.ddc	Politikwissenschaft	de
dc.subject.ddc	Political science	en
dc.subject.ddc	Sozialwissenschaften, Soziologie	de
dc.subject.ddc	Social sciences, sociology, anthropology	en
dc.subject.other	Bolsonaro; COVID-19; Pandemie; Gesundheitsverwaltung	de
dc.title	Anti-science populism versus Brazil's Covid-19 vaccination Program: a tale of two pandemic stories	de
dc.description.review	begutachtet (peer reviewed)	de
dc.description.review	peer reviewed	en
dc.identifier.url	https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/1866802X241282693	de
dc.source.journal	Journal of Politics in Latin America
dc.source.volume	17	de
dc.publisher.country	GBR	de
dc.source.issue	1	de
dc.subject.classoz	politische Willensbildung, politische Soziologie, politische Kultur	de
dc.subject.classoz	Political Process, Elections, Political Sociology, Political Culture	en
dc.subject.classoz	Gesundheitspolitik	de
dc.subject.classoz	Health Policy	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Brasilien	de
dc.subject.thesoz	Brazil	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Gesundheitspolitik	de
dc.subject.thesoz	health policy	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Impfung	de
dc.subject.thesoz	vaccination	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Innenpolitik	de
dc.subject.thesoz	domestic policy	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Populismus	de
dc.subject.thesoz	populism	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Epidemie	de
dc.subject.thesoz	epidemic	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Gesundheitswesen	de
dc.subject.thesoz	health care delivery system	en
dc.subject.thesoz	öffentliche Verwaltung	de
dc.subject.thesoz	public administration	en
dc.subject.thesoz	politische Entwicklung	de
dc.subject.thesoz	political development	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Infektionskrankheit	de
dc.subject.thesoz	contagious disease	en
dc.rights.licence	Creative Commons - Namensnennung 4.0	de
dc.rights.licence	Creative Commons - Attribution 4.0	en
ssoar.contributor.institution	GIGA	de
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dc.type.stock	article	de
dc.type.document	Zeitschriftenartikel	de
dc.type.document	journal article	en
dc.source.pageinfo	80-104	de
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dc.identifier.doi	https://doi.org/10.1177/1866802X241282693	de
dc.description.pubstatus	Veröffentlichungsversion	de
dc.description.pubstatus	Published Version	en
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internal.dda.reference	https://unapi.k10plus.de@@1923204076
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