社会矛盾视角下民众政治信任的影响因素——基于南京、苏州、扬州三地数据的实证研究

Influencing Factors of Civilians' Political Trust in Perspective of Social Contradictions-Empirical Research Based on Data in Nanjing,Suzhou and Yangzhou

政治信任对政权的合法性至关重要。在社会矛盾频发的背景下,运用江苏南京、苏州和扬州三地的调查数据,就现实利益伤害、矛盾解决程度、社会公平感、官员贪腐程度认知、获取非官方信息程度对现阶段中国民众政治信任的影响进行实证分析。分析结果表明,当前中国民众对政府的信任度随着政府层级的提高而逐步提高,表现出鲜明的"央强地弱"的政治信任格局;矛盾解决程度、社会公平感以及官员贪腐程度认知对政治信任有显著影响,其中社会公平感对政治信任的影响最大。现实利益伤害、获取非官方信息程度对政治信任的影响不显著。

Political trust is crucial to the legitimacy of the regime.Given the frequent occurrence of social contradictions,based on the research data in Nanjing,Suzhou and Yangzhou,analyze how political trust of Chinese citizens is influenced by the damage to their practical interests,the extent of resolved contradic-tions,public sense of social equity,public awareness of corruption and unofficial access to information.The results show that currently,Chinese citizens＇trust in the government is on gradual increase with the increas-ing levels of governments,showing a distinctive pattern of political trust：“strong （trust）in central （gov-ernment）and weak （trust）in local （governments）.”Political trust is affected significantly by the extent of resolved contradictions,public sense of social equity and public awareness of corruption,with public sense of social equity the utmost.Damage to practical interests and unofficial access to information have less no-ticeable impact on political trust.