Researcher ORCID Identifier
0009-0006-3425-6137
Graduation Year
2024
Date of Submission
4-2024
Document Type
Open Access Senior Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Department
International Relations
Reader 1
Hans J. Rindisbacher
Reader 2
Friederike von Schwerin-High
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© 2024 Kai W. Gundlach
Abstract
Public trust is important during an ongoing crisis as it determines people’s compliance with government mandates and laws. During the Covid-19 pandemic, Germany and the U.S. operated with different levels of public trust and people placed their trust in different public institutions. My thesis examines how political tactics such as fear, use of science, and expert pronouncements impacted public trust and the COVID-19 response in both countries.
Recommended Citation
Gundlach, Kai, "Health Politics, Covid-19, and the Vaccine: A Comparison of how Germany and the U.S. Cultivated Public Trust During the Covid-19 Pandemic." (2024). CMC Senior Theses. 3712.
https://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/3712
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