Challenging Trust in Government: COVID in Sub-Saharan Africa
Abstract: COVID-19, arguably the new millennium's most trying test of state capacity, caught the world off guard. In order to contain the spread of the virus, governments had to respond quickly and comprehensively: strict lockdowns, movement restrictions, masks, and social distancing - measures that draw not only on public resources but also on the buy-in and cooperation of civil society. Citizen compliance and cooperation are founded on trust in government institutions. As such, the pandemic has also been a stress test for trust in government. Trust in government is a crucial determinant of effective crisis management, and governments lacking such trust suffer a profound disadvantage. In many instances, strict lockdown measures were accompanied by an expansion of executive powers. This creates power imbalances, or aggravates existing ones, and poses a threat to trust in government. High levels of vaccine hesitancy, a looming recession, and expectations of government support require ongoing
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COVID als Vertrauensfrage für Regierungen in Subsahara-Afrika
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Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
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Online-Ressource, 11 S.
- Language
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Englisch
- Notes
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Veröffentlichungsversion
begutachtet
- Bibliographic citation
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GIGA Focus Afrika ; Bd. 3
- Classification
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Politik
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Veröffentlichung
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Hamburg
- (who)
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SSOAR, GESIS – Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften e.V.
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2021
- Creator
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German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA) - Leibniz-Institut für Globale und Regionale Studien, Institut für Afrika-Studien
- URN
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urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-73841-7
- Rights
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Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
- Last update
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15.08.2025, 7:37 AM CEST
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Associated
- Hartwig, Renate
- Hoffmann, Lisa
- German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA) - Leibniz-Institut für Globale und Regionale Studien, Institut für Afrika-Studien
- SSOAR, GESIS – Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften e.V.
Time of origin
- 2021