政治精英眼中的廉政公署——基于香港区议员的调查

Measuring the Subjective Perceptions toward ICAC: A Survey Study on DC Members in Hong Kong

在治理腐败过程中,腐败治理机构作为重要的制度载体,其能否有效地执行和落实,有赖于民众的观念支持。个人观念的改变是通过接受制度的象征性资源来获得,而非直接感知到抽象的制度本身。民众对于制度的评价实际反映的是其观念的变化。因此,重视民众的评价,重视民众评价背后的观念变化,对于维持腐败治理的制度化、持续化具有重要意义。研究试图通过一手调查数据来描述香港区议员,如何看待其专业反腐机构廉政公署(ICAC)的。研究发现,香港区议员对于廉政公署(ICAC)的执法有效性评价高于独立性评价;但其观感受年龄和政党派别的影响较为显著;与此同时,区议员对于廉政公署的评价呈现分化态势。对于数据的深入分析表明,在腐败治理过程中,重视主观测量,不仅需要着眼于社会民众的整体观感,而且还需要重视政治精英的观念、态度等主观感受,因为他们对民众的观念发挥着重要的影响,进而能够间接影响到腐败制度的执行与落实。

Little attention has been paid to the perceived effectiveness of anticorruption agencies. This study analyzed data collected from a mailing survey of District Councilor( DC) Members in Hong Kong to explore how the city's political elite perceived the Independent Commission Against Corruption( ICAC) in recent years. The findings include the following: 1) the ICAC received higher scores for its effectiveness than its independence; 2) there are significant differences in DC members perceptions when their ages and political affiliations are considered; and,3) more attention should be paid to the perceived effectiveness of the ICAC,especially toward the political elite.