Articles by Clareta Treger

February 25, 2022

The public wants the government to protect them from themselves – sometimes

Clareta Treger

In a study of public attitudes towards government paternalism, Clareta Treger finds that, when it comes to their own safety and health, individuals prefer coercive government policies over nudges that steer them towards welfare-enhancing behaviour. This should be taken into consideration when devising strategies to mitigate COVID-19 and future crises.

Clareta Treger

PhD candidate, School of Political Science, Government and International Affairs, Tel Aviv University

Clareta studies political behaviour and public opinion.

Her research focuses on public attitudes towards government coercion and paternalistic government interventions.

She examined experimentally the degree and type of paternalism citizens in the US and Israel are willing to accept.

Currently, she is studying the effect of the Covid-19 pandemic on such attitudes.

Clareta is also a researcher at the Israel National Election Studies (INES) project.

She employs public opinion surveys and experiments in her research.

www.claretatreger.com

She tweets @claretat2

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