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Author Robinson, Scott E., author.

Title Trust in government agencies in the time of COVID-19 / Scott E. Robinson, Kuhika Gupta, Joseph Ripberger, Jennifer A. Ross, Andrew Fox, Hank Jenkins-Smith and Carol Silva
Published Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2021

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Description 1 online resource (79 pages) : illustrations
Series Cambridge elements. Elements in public and nonprofit administration 2515-4303
Cambridge elements. Elements in public and nonprofit administration.
Contents A crisis in trust and trust in a crisis -- A theory of trust in agencies -- Data collection -- Variation in trust -- Dynamics of trust -- Conclusions and future directions
Summary As the US faced its lowest levels of reported trust in government, the COVID-19 crisis revealed the essential service that various federal agencies provide as sources of information. This Element explores variations in trust across various levels of government and government agencies based on a nationally-representative survey conducted in March of 2020. First, it examines trust in agencies including the Department of Health and Human Services, state health departments, and local health care providers. This includes variation across key characteristics including party identification, age, and race. Second, the Element explores the evolution of trust in health-related organizations throughout 2020 as the pandemic continued. The Element concludes with a discussion of the implications for agency-specific assessments of trust and their importance as we address historically low levels of trust in government. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 77-79)
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Subject Trust -- Political aspects -- United States
Administrative agencies -- United States -- Public opinion
Transparency in government -- United States
Public opinion -- United States
COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020- -- United States
Administrative agencies -- Public opinion
Public opinion
Transparency in government
Trust -- Political aspects
United States
Form Electronic book
Author Gupta, Kuhika, 1984- author.
Ripberger, Joseph T., 1984- author.
Ross, Jennifer A., 1972- author.
Fox, Andrew, 1980- author.
Jenkins-Smith, Hank C., author.
Silva, Carol L., author.
ISBN 9781108961400
1108961401