“央强地弱”政府信任格局的社会学分析--基于汶川震后三期追踪数据

A Sociological Analysis of the Pattern of Trust in Government When "the Center Is Strong and Local Government Weak":Based on Third-stage Tracking Data Following the Wenchuan Earthquake

个体社会资本与社区社会资本对高层与基层政府信任落差有显著影响。将汶川震后30个村庄数据纳入模型,发现拜年网规模、乡以上干部网规模、本村人信任对高层和基层政府信任落差有显著负向作用。建构个体社会资本和社区社会资本有利于使不同层级政府信任趋于平衡:合作性好的个体和社区有较多渠道解决自身的民生问题,在对接政府和各界资源时,能够显著提高资源使用效率,增加与政府的交流互动,从而增进对基层政府的信任,缩小高层和基层政府信任落差。

Individual and community social capital exert a marked influence upon the gap between trust in higher-level government and base-level government. When we introduced data on 30 villages after the Wenchuan earthquake into our model,we found that the size of the Chinese New Year greeting network and the cadre network at township level and above,as well as the level of trust between people from the same village,had a significant negative effect upon the gap between trust in higher and lower levels of government.The construction of individual and community social capital is conducive to creating a balanced level of trust in different levels of government:individuals and communities with effective cooperation have more channels for solving their own livelihood problems,and can significantly improve the efficiency of their exploitation of resources and increase communication and interaction with government in their contacts with resources from different quarters and with government.This enhances their trust in base-level government and decreases the gap between trust in different levels of government.