The purpose of this study has been to examine whether Rohrschneider and Schmitt-Beck’s (2002) theory about institutional trust can explain peoples' trust in the Swedish states and government agencies work during the corona pandemic. The theory consists of three factorsthat build institutional trust: the state’s performance, correspondence between the individual’s political values and those of the government, as well as the individual's social capital. The theory was tested using a quantitative method consisting of a survey, which collected data from 108 students. The results were then analyzed using both single and multiple linear regression analysis, and discussed in relation to the theory and previous research. This led tothe study’s conclusion, which indicates that the same factors presented by Rohrschneider andScmitt-Beck (2002) builds trust in the strategy that the Swedish government and government agencies have taken when handling the corona pandemic. The students’ perception of the government’s performance seems especially important for their trust in the government’shandling of the pandemic. The result also indicates that a higher degree of social capital and a correspondance between the students’ political values and those of the government correlates with a higher amount of trust in the handling of the pandemic. / Syftet med denna uppsats har varit att studera huruvida Rohrschneiders och Schmitt-Becks (2002) teori om institutionell tillit kan förklara tillit till den svenska regeringens och myndigheternas hantering av coronapandemin. Enligt teorin skapas institutionell tillit av tre faktorer: statens prestation, samstämmighet mellan individens och regeringens politiska värderingar samt individens socialt kapital. Denna teori testades i denna studie med hjälp avkvantitativ data inhämtad genom en enkätundersökning, som besvarades av 108 studenter. Datamaterialet analyserades sedan med både enkla och multipla regressionsanalyser och diskuterades i relation till teorin samt tidigare forskning. Resultatet indikerar att samtliga trefaktorer som Rohrschneider och Schmitt-Beck (2002) fann betydelsefulla för institutionell tillit även har samband med tillit till regeringens och statliga myndigheters hantering avcoronapandemin i Sverige 2020. Studenternas uppfattning om regeringens och statligamyndigheters tidigare prestationer visade sig vara speciellt betydelsefull för deras tillit till hanteringen av pandemin. Vidare visade resultatet att en högre grad av socialt kapital samt överensstämmelse mellan studenternas politiska värderingar och regeringens politik samvarierar med en högre tillit till hanteringen av pandemin.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:sh-43843 |
| Date | January 2020 |
| Creators | Orpana, Agnes, Åkerblom, Sofia |
| Publisher | Södertörns högskola, Sociologi, Södertörns högskola, Sociologi |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | Swedish |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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