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Att förvalta en kris En kvantitativ analys av covid-19-pandemin

Boberg, Hanna LU (2025) STVK04 20251
Department of Political Science
Abstract
This study examines the relationship between democracy and bureaucratic effectiveness during the COVID-19 pandemic. Building on Francis Fukuyama´s argument that governance should be analysed separately from democracy, a quantitative analysis is conducted using data from 123 countries between 2018 and 2022. The study draws on the legal-bureaucratic model of bureaucracy and the crisis management as politics framework. Democracy is measured using the Electoral Democracy Index, and bureaucratic effectiveness is measured with the Government Effectiveness indicator. To investigate the relationship between the independent variable and the dependent variable - bureaucratic effectiveness - a regression analysis is employed. Control variables... (More)
This study examines the relationship between democracy and bureaucratic effectiveness during the COVID-19 pandemic. Building on Francis Fukuyama´s argument that governance should be analysed separately from democracy, a quantitative analysis is conducted using data from 123 countries between 2018 and 2022. The study draws on the legal-bureaucratic model of bureaucracy and the crisis management as politics framework. Democracy is measured using the Electoral Democracy Index, and bureaucratic effectiveness is measured with the Government Effectiveness indicator. To investigate the relationship between the independent variable and the dependent variable - bureaucratic effectiveness - a regression analysis is employed. Control variables include GDP per capita, proportional electoral system, presidential system, political stability, rule of law, political corruption and education level. The results show that democracy correlates with bureaucratic effectiveness both before and during the COVID-19 pandemic, but not with the change in bureaucratic effectiveness during the crisis. Instead education level emerges as a stronger explanatory factor for the bureaucracy´s capacity to manage the pandemic. The study offers insights suggesting that effective crisis management in bureaucracy requires more than democratic institutions. It also partially supports Fukuyama´s claim that reliable indicators are needed to assess bureaucratic performance. (Less)
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author
Boberg, Hanna LU
supervisor
organization
course
STVK04 20251
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
Byråkrati, crisis management as politics, legalbyråkratiska byråkratimodellen, Francis Fukuyama, effektivitet, krishantering, covid-19-pandemin
language
Swedish
id
9189772
date added to LUP
2025-08-08 11:05:44
date last changed
2025-08-08 11:05:44
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  abstract     = {{This study examines the relationship between democracy and bureaucratic effectiveness during the COVID-19 pandemic. Building on Francis Fukuyama´s argument that governance should be analysed separately from democracy, a quantitative analysis is conducted using data from 123 countries between 2018 and 2022. The study draws on the legal-bureaucratic model of bureaucracy and the crisis management as politics framework. Democracy is measured using the Electoral Democracy Index, and bureaucratic effectiveness is measured with the Government Effectiveness indicator. To investigate the relationship between the independent variable and the dependent variable - bureaucratic effectiveness - a regression analysis is employed. Control variables include GDP per capita, proportional electoral system, presidential system, political stability, rule of law, political corruption and education level. The results show that democracy correlates with bureaucratic effectiveness both before and during the COVID-19 pandemic, but not with the change in bureaucratic effectiveness during the crisis. Instead education level emerges as a stronger explanatory factor for the bureaucracy´s capacity to manage the pandemic. The study offers insights suggesting that effective crisis management in bureaucracy requires more than democratic institutions. It also partially supports Fukuyama´s claim that reliable indicators are needed to assess bureaucratic performance.}},
  author       = {{Boberg, Hanna}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Att förvalta en kris En kvantitativ analys av covid-19-pandemin}},
  year         = {{2025}},
}