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Creating Community Anew: Examining Social Capital in the United States Post-Pandemic

Fleming, Hannah Jane
http://orcid.org/0009-0008-6387-6081
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ouhonors1682608878229131

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2023, Bachelor of Arts (BA), Ohio University, Political Science.
This thesis addresses the decline in social capital outlined in Robert D. Putnam's scholarship, through the contemporary context of the Covid-19 pandemic. This thesis indicates that, broadly, the pandemic weakened United States citizens’ sense of community towards one another. This is displayed through the many recorded acts of citizens acting out of self-interest and openly disregarding community safety. Chapter Three of this thesis outlines the ways in which elected officials and public health officials faced threats to their safety in response to their Covid-19 guidelines, discusses the scapegoating and hatred towards Asian Americans that has increased during the pandemic, and examines the impacts of libertarian individualism on citizens’ responses to Covid-19. Chapter Four details case examples of organizations (CAP Tulsa, Roca, Inc., LatinoLEAD, My Brother’s Keeper Alliance, the UNC American Indian Center, and Project CARE) working together to strengthen social capital to generate a sense of social responsibility in the current moment. Chapter Five offers a first-hand look at community-based events in rural southeastern Ohio through the use of autoethnography.
DeLysa Burnier (Advisor)
74 p.
Political Science
social capital; community building; social reciprocity; community engagement; trust; community trust; social sciences; covid-19; pandemic; togetherness

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  • Fleming, H. J. (2023). Creating Community Anew: Examining Social Capital in the United States Post-Pandemic [Undergraduate thesis, Ohio University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ouhonors1682608878229131

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Fleming, Hannah. Creating Community Anew: Examining Social Capital in the United States Post-Pandemic. 2023. Ohio University, Undergraduate thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ouhonors1682608878229131.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Fleming, Hannah. "Creating Community Anew: Examining Social Capital in the United States Post-Pandemic." Undergraduate thesis, Ohio University, 2023. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ouhonors1682608878229131

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