Institutional trust and emergency preparedness : Perceptions of Covid 19 crisis management in Sweden
Bengtsson, Rikard LU
and Brommesson, Douglas
LU
(2022)
In Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management
30(4).
p.481-491
- Abstract
The Covid 19 pandemic has put the issue of public trust at the centre of political analysis. This article inquires into the level of public trust in Sweden concerning current crisis management as well as preparedness for future crises. The empirical basis for this study consists of unique data generated through two surveys on the Covid 19 virus conducted during 2020 in Sweden. Respondents were asked to assess their trust in different actors' crisis management. In addition, the first survey asked about how the actions of different actors impact on the forward-oriented trust held in Swedish emergency preparedness for a future severe crisis. Four key findings stand out. First, the results display rather weak levels of interpersonal trust.... (More)
The Covid 19 pandemic has put the issue of public trust at the centre of political analysis. This article inquires into the level of public trust in Sweden concerning current crisis management as well as preparedness for future crises. The empirical basis for this study consists of unique data generated through two surveys on the Covid 19 virus conducted during 2020 in Sweden. Respondents were asked to assess their trust in different actors' crisis management. In addition, the first survey asked about how the actions of different actors impact on the forward-oriented trust held in Swedish emergency preparedness for a future severe crisis. Four key findings stand out. First, the results display rather weak levels of interpersonal trust. Second, a surprisingly high level of institutional trust can be found during the initial phase of the pandemic. Simultaneously we see somewhat decreasing levels of trust later during the pandemic. The results include interesting variations across age, gender and education. Third, relating the results to earlier research on trust in Sweden, the results contain indications of stable trust levels despite the all but stable contextual conditions. Fourth, the analysis shows important variations in trust levels among different institutions and layers of government.
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- Bengtsson, Rikard
LU
and Brommesson, Douglas
LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 2022
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- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- Covid 19, Covid 19
- in
- Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management
- volume
- 30
- issue
- 4
- pages
- 481 - 491
- publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell
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- scopus:85122657081
- ISSN
- 0966-0879
- DOI
- 10.1111/1468-5973.12391
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- Nytt vin i nya läglar - Om förutsättningarna för ett modernt civilt försvar
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- English
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- yes
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- 2022-02-18 14:42:42
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