政府信任如何影响公民有序政治参与:基于社会资本和政治功效感的双重视角

How Do Government Trust Influence Citizens’ Orderly Political Participation: Viewed through Social Capital and Political Effectiveness

本文基于CGSS(2010)的微观调查数据,从社会资本和政治功效感两个视角出发,利用联立方程模型实证考察了政府信任对公民有序政治参与的影响及其作用机制。研究发现:(1)政府信任通过社会资本和政治功效感两条途径显著提高了公民有序政治参与的积极性,尽管两种传导途径同时发挥作用,但总体来看社会资本途径占据主导地位。(2)分样本检验发现上述机制在城乡居民中存在显著差异,社会资本途径对城乡居民皆有效,而政治功效感途径仅对农村居民有效。(3)进一步研究表明,不同层级的政府信任对公民有序政治参与的影响存在异质性,地方政府信任对公民有序政治参与的促进作用要强于中央政府信任。这些结论为旨在提高公民有序政治参与的政策设计提供了重要参考。

Based on the micro survey data of CGSS(2010), this paper uses the simultaneous equation model to investigate the influence of government trust on citizens’ orderly political participation and its mechanism of action from the perspective of social capital and political efficacy. The study finds that:(1) The government’s trust has significantly improved citizens’ orderly political participation through social capital and political effectiveness. Although the two transmission pathways play a role at the same time, overall, social capital approach dominates.(2) According to the sample test, there is a significant difference in the above-mentioned mechanism among urban and rural residents. The social capital approach is effective for both urban and rural residents, but the political sense approach is only valid for rural residents.(3) Further research shows that the influence of different levels of government trust on citizens’ orderly political participation is heterogeneous, and the trust of local governments is more conducive to the orderly political participation of citizens than the trust of the central government. These conclusions provide an important reference for policy design which aims at improving citizens’ orderly political participation.