The risks of COVID-19 crisis on democracy and government effectiveness: Evidence from the United Kingdom
Received on: 15/09/2020 Accepted on: 02/05/2023
Keywords:
COVID-19 – Democracy – Government effectiveness – Economic growth – Healthcare system – United Kingdom.Abstract
COVID-19 pandemic has imposed difficulties on governance and democracy across the world, which led some developed countries to suffer from this crisis. Therefore, this paper aims to analyse the risks of Coronavirus on democracy and government effectiveness in the United Kingdom. Our study explored democracy score, quality of the healthcare system and the UK ranking in the world before Coronavirus and then the impact of the outbreak on democracy and government effectiveness was highlighted. Based on a statistical and analytical approach, the study revealed the following: the healthcare system in Britain was sick before Coronavirus, the transition period from the campaign to elections to form a new government affected negatively government effectiveness and economic growth rates, COVID-19 led to decisions instability and a sharp economic recession despite the high democratic level; furthermore, COVID-19 found to restrict freedom and civil liberties democracies claim.
