The Change of Farmer’s Political Trust and Empirical Enlightenment—A Case Study Based on Major Public Health Emergencies

Abstract

Political trust is a weathervane of people’s recognition and trust of government authority, which directly affects government authority and action force. This paper attempts to explore how political trust is affected by two different government behavior logic, namely risk society management and normal society management. Based on major public health emergencies, this paper, through a thematic study of hundreds of counties and thousands of villages in seven provinces in the Yellow River Basin, finds that political trust enhancement from the central to the grassroots level shows a unique U-shaped curve, further explores the enhancement of political trust and the behavioral logic behind it, and then provided experiences and enlightenment for building a modern governance system.