东亚地区民众政治宽容及其原因分析--基于宏观层次的比较研究

Political Tolerance and Its Origins in East Asia:An Empirical Analysis at the Macro-Level

政治宽容在政治生活中扮演着举足轻重的作用,是和谐社会和民主政治必不可少的观念要素。东亚地区民众政治宽容观念的起源存在三个假设:民主制度下政治宽容更容易形成;经济社会的现代化有助于政治宽容的形成;权威主义价值观越强的国家,政治宽容度越低。以东亚及东南亚8个国家和地区为对象的调查数据的分析大体上支持上述假设。

As a component of social capital, political tolerance exerts a strong impact on modern social and political life. In this study, the concept of tolerance and political tolerance is defined, and three hypotheses are proposed on origins of political tolerance in East Asia at the macro-level, which are： political tolerance is more easily generated in democracies than in non-democracies; it is fostered by social-economic modernization; and the value of authoritarianism can negate political tolerance. These hypotheses are generally corroborated by the Asian-Barometer （2001-2003） survey data. This article presents only the exploratory research on political tolerance in East-Asia, and conclusions herein could be consolidated by further studies.