中國大陸公民的政治參與經驗對其政治機構信任感的影響

Abstract

當中國普通公民有不滿情緒的時候，他們可以通過各種國家授權的機構或非正式渠道參與政府治理：如直接聯繫官員，提出申訴，寫信給新聞媒體。雖然這些參與渠道被廣泛使用，但是關於政治參與經驗是否會或者如何影響公民對政府機構信任感的研究卻十分有限。本研究利用「東亞民主研究計畫」第三次調查的資料和深入訪談材料，揭示中國公民的非選舉政治參與渠道与公民对政治機構信任感之間的關係，並分析影響此相關關係的中間變相。

When ordinary citizens in China have grievances, they can use a variety of state-authorized institutions or informal connections to participate in government such as contacting officials directly, filing complaints, or writing letters to news bureaus. While many of these participation channels are widely utilized, there is limited research on whether or on how citizens’ institutional trust is influenced by their experience of participation. This study combines Asian Barometer third wave data and long interviews to analyze the relationship between China’s non-electoral participation through various channels and political trust, and examine possible intermediate variables affecting the correlation of the two concepts.