Social Construction of Vulnerable Populations: The Case of Age in the COVID-19 Pandemic

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-2022

Abstract

This article explores the role of social construction in public administrators’ differential treatment of older Americans as a vulnerable population during the COVID-19 pandemic. The analysis compares differences in how both federal and state web sites reacted to information that increased age and male sex correlated with negative COVID-19 outcomes and relates these differences in presentation to hegemonic constructions of each group.

Identifier

85139465442 (Scopus)

Publication Title

Public Administration Quarterly

External Full Text Location

https://doi.org/10.37808/paq.46.2.5

e-ISSN

23274433

ISSN

07349149

First Page

178

Last Page

191

Issue

2

Volume

46

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