عنوان

Perceived Social Mobility and Political Trust in China

شماره

LA107126

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انگلیسی

عنوان اصلي

Perceived Social Mobility and Political Trust in China

نام عام مواد

[Article]

نام نخستين پديدآور

Zhenhua Su, Yang Cao, Jingkai He, et al.

محل نشرو پخش و غیره

Leiden

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

Brill

متن يادداشت

Existing studies have traced China's high political trust to three sources: traditional culture, the state's success in fostering economic growth, and ideological propaganda. We identify a fourth source: perceived social mobility. We argue that when people perceive a reasonable chance for upward mobility based on personal initiatives and efforts, the status quo becomes more justifiable because individuals are responsible for their own successes and failures. Perceived social mobility thus instills a sense of optimism and fairness and exonerates the regime from many blames, thereby enhancing political trust. Regression analysis of the China portion of the 2007 World Values Survey data shows that respondents who saw themselves as having choices and control in life were indeed more likely to trust the ruling communist party. The respondents' overall level of perceived social mobility is also high, which is consistent with the massive shake-up of the preexisting social order in China's reform era. Existing studies have traced China's high political trust to three sources: traditional culture, the state's success in fostering economic growth, and ideological propaganda. We identify a fourth source: perceived social mobility. We argue that when people perceive a reasonable chance for upward mobility based on personal initiatives and efforts, the status quo becomes more justifiable because individuals are responsible for their own successes and failures. Perceived social mobility thus instills a sense of optimism and fairness and exonerates the regime from many blames, thereby enhancing political trust. Regression analysis of the China portion of the 2007 World Values Survey data shows that respondents who saw themselves as having choices and control in life were indeed more likely to trust the ruling communist party. The respondents' overall level of perceived social mobility is also high, which is consistent with the massive shake-up of the preexisting social order in China's reform era.

تاريخ نشر

2015

توصيف ظاهري

315-336

عنوان

African and Asian Studies

شماره جلد

14/4

شماره استاندارد بين المللي پياييندها

1569-2108

اصطلاح موضوعی

China

اصطلاح موضوعی

political trust

اصطلاح موضوعی

social mobility

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Jingkai He

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Waibin Huang

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Yang Cao

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Zhenhua Su

شماره بازیابی

10.1163/15692108-12341347

نام الکترونيکي

فرمت انتشار

p

نوع ماده

[Article]

کد کاربرگه

275578

سطح دسترسي

a

تكميل شده

Y