Linking Trust in Government with Federal Disaster Relief Aid: A Case Study of Hurricane-Prone Gulf Coast Residents

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dc.contributor.advisorSchintler, Laurie A
dc.creatorDunlap, Katrina Hubbard
dc.date.accessioned2023-03-17T19:05:52Z
dc.date.available2023-03-17T19:05:52Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.description.abstractPolitical trust has declined drastically over decades; however, it is critical to disaster management efforts by the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and its partners. Previous studies examined the impact of the public’s critique of government performance as a precursor of political trust. Using Easton’s adaptation of systems theory to the political system and a quantitative research design, this dissertation assesses whether an increase in federal disaster relief aid, as a proxy for government performance, will improve the public’s trust. This dissertation leverages a constructed dataset which merged survey data on attitudes and beliefs of Gulf Coast residents concerning disaster preparedness and response and FEMA’s program data. The findings could be used to craft policies concerning the allocation of emergency response funds to target specific communities where trust wanes.
dc.format.extent145 pages
dc.format.mediumdoctoral dissertations
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1920/13207
dc.language.isoen
dc.rightsCopyright 2022 Katrina Hubbard Dunlap
dc.rights.urihttps://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0
dc.subjectDisaster relief aid
dc.subjectEmergency management policy
dc.subjectFederal Emergency Management Agency
dc.subjectMultinomial logit regression
dc.subjectOrdinal probit regression
dc.subjectPolitical trust
dc.subject.keywordsPublic policy
dc.subject.keywordsStatistics
dc.titleLinking Trust in Government with Federal Disaster Relief Aid: A Case Study of Hurricane-Prone Gulf Coast Residents
dc.typeText
thesis.degree.disciplinePublic Policy
thesis.degree.grantorGeorge Mason University
thesis.degree.levelDoctoral
thesis.degree.namePh.D. in Public Policy

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