WHO PROTESTS AND WHY: HIERARCHICAL GOVERNMENT TRUST AND PROTEST PARTICIPATION IN CHINA

IF 1.2 3区 社会学 Q2 SOCIAL SCIENCES, INTERDISCIPLINARY Journal of East Asian Studies Pub Date : 2021-10-22 DOI:10.1017/jea.2021.26
Yen-Hsin Chen, Philip Paolino, T. D. Mason
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Abstract We present a theory on how trust in the central government to remedy grievances combined with a lack of trust in local government to act motivates people to participate in local protests in China. Low trust in local government combined with high trust in the central government gives people expectation that protest will not be an exercise in futility. People protest to redress injustices when they believe that such protests have a chance of producing a favorable resolution of their grievances. Utilizing individual level data from the Asian Barometer Survey Wave 4, our analysis suggests that, in contemporary China, people who have greater trust in the central government than the local government are more likely than others to report having participated in protests. In a society without meaningful elections, participating in protest is an effective strategy for attracting the attention from the upper-level authorities in hope of redressing unfavorable situations.
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谁抗议,为什么抗议:分级政府信任和中国的抗议参与
摘要:本文提出了一种理论,说明人们对中央政府的信任与对地方政府行动的不信任如何激励人们参与中国的地方抗议活动。对地方政府的低信任度与对中央政府的高信任度相结合,使人们期望抗议不会是徒劳的。当人们认为这样的抗议有机会对他们的不满产生有利的解决方案时,他们就会为纠正不公正而抗议。利用亚洲晴雨表调查第四波的个人层面数据,我们的分析表明,在当代中国,对中央政府比地方政府更信任的人比其他人更有可能报告参加抗议活动。在没有真正意义的选举的社会中,参与抗议是吸引上级当局关注、希望扭转不利局面的有效策略。
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Journal of East Asian Studies
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