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Working Paper Series: No. 79 A Comparative Survey of DEMOCRACY, GOVERNANCE AND DEVELOPMENT Working Paper Series: No. 79 Jointly Published by The Youth’s Trust in Institutions Jack Chen-chia Wu Political Science, National Taiwan University Yutzung Chang Political Science, National Taiwan University [email protected] Mark Weatherall Political Science, National Taiwan University Asian Barometer A Comparative Survey of Democracy, Governance and Development Working Paper Series Jointly Published by Globalbarometer The Asian Barometer (ABS) is an applied research program on public opinion on political values, democracy, and governance around the region. The regional network encompasses research teams from thirteen East Asian political systems (Japan, Mongolia, South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, China, the Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Singapore, Malaysia, and Indonesia), and five South Asian countries (India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Nepal). Together, this regional survey network covers virtually all major political systems in the region, systems that have experienced different trajectories of regime evolution and are currently at different stages of political transition. The ABS Working Paper Series is intended to make research result within the ABS network available to the academic community and other interested readers in preliminary form to encourage discussion and suggestions for revision before final publication. Scholars in the ABS network also devote their work to the Series with the hope that a timely dissemination of the findings of their surveys to the general public as well as the policy makers would help illuminate the public discourse on democratic reform and good governance. The topics covered in the Series range from country-specific assessment of values change and democratic development, region-wide comparative analysis of citizen participation, popular orientation toward democracy and evaluation of quality of governance, and discussion of survey methodology and data analysis strategies. The ABS Working Paper Series supercedes the existing East Asia Barometer Working Paper Series as the network is expanding to cover more countries in East and South Asia. Maintaining the same high standard of research methodology, the new series both incorporates the existing papers in the old series and offers newly written papers with a broader scope and more penetrating analyses. The ABS Working Paper Series is issued by the Asian Barometer Project Office, which is jointly sponsored by the Institute for Advanced Studies in Humanities and Social Sciences of National Taiwan University and the Institute of Political Science of Academia Sinica. Contact Information Tel: 886 2-3366 8456 Asian Barometer Project Office Fax: 886-2-2365 7179 Department of Political Science E-mail: [email protected] National Taiwan University Website: www.asianbarometer.org No.1, Sec.4, Roosevelt Road, Taipei, 10617, Taiwan, R.O.C. The Youth’s Trust in Institutions Jack Chen-chia Wu, Yutzung Chang & Mark Weatherall Introduction Political trust has been a subject of attention among political scientists over a long period of time. Generally speaking, political trust has been regarded as a vital input that functions to maintain the stability of the political system. In addition, political scientists have examined whether falls in political trust threaten the continuity or consolidation of democracy. Political trust reflects whether the actions of the government or the political system win the support of ordinary citizens. In other words, when political trust is high, the regime has legitimacy and faces fewer impediments to effective governance. In the past, research on political trust was rooted in the West. In particular, studies in the United States has tried to identify the sources of and fluctuations in political trust as well as their political consequences. However, research on political trust outside the West only emerged later. For instance, Asia includes a diverse range of political systems and cultures, including Confucian cultures, post-communist systems, authoritarian systems, and new third wave democracies. Often, these different types of political systems are in competition with each other. After the recent rise of China, issues of governance capabilities and economic success have, in some cases, given rise to positive feelings regarding enlightened authoritarianism. In this context, existing research on political trust came under challenge. In this paper, we examine how the contents of political trust among the youth in the region has evolved. Political trust among the region’s youth has a major implication for the future development of the region. Political trust is an indicator of government legitimacy, and also impacts on trust in the political community and system. In East Asia, democracy is still developing and the issue of whether it can be consolidated remains. Are electoral democracies deepening or re-embracing authoritarianism? Will electoral authoritarian regimes democratize in the future or continue to limit the political rights of their citizens? Can communist states in transition (in particular China) produce a new form of government? These questions are closely related to the political choices of the next generation of youth, with political trust as a key factor. The aim of this paper is to reveal the current state of political trust among the Asian youth. The paper distinguishes between political institutions, enforcement institutions, and the mass media to measure the institutional trust of individuals aged 30 years or under when compared to the population as a whole. 1 Political Trust in Political Theory Political scientists focus on two dimensions of trust: social trust and political trust. The concept of social trust derives from Putnam’s (1993) theory of social capital. Putnam’s research on Italy shows that the presence of social trust, civil society, and social networks increases government performance. On the other hand, political trust has a close relationship with political stability. A low level of political trust reflects a political system that has lost the support of citizens, making policy formation and implementation difficult, and even causing political chaos and the collapse of the political system. Much of the research on political trust can be traced to David Easton’s (1965; 1975) systems approach. Political trust is a variable in the political system and also a dimension of political support. According to Easton, political support can be divided into diffuse support and specific support. Specific support refers to how members of a political community evaluate the political authorities. Specific support reflects perceptions of the policy initiatives of the political authorities. A positive evaluation indicates the presence of political trust, which in turn produces political support, providing a basis for the efficient operation of the political system. Diffuse support, is directed towards the regime or constitutional order and the political community. Diffuse support is not produced from the delivery of fixed rewards or benefits to members of the political community, but instead is the result of a process of socialization. This socialization produces patriotism among the members of the political community, which forms the basis of trust and loyalty toward the constitution and national leaders. According to Easton’s systems theory, a stable political system requires diffuse support to provide a measure of system flexibility. However, political systems still rely on “specific support” produced from a feeling that the individual needs of community members are satisfied. Systems theory is closely related to the persistence of the system, or in other words, the demand for political stability. In this, political trust plays a key role. Following Easton, a large number of studies on political trust appeared. This research can be largely divided into three categories: the origin of political trust, changes in political trust, and the political consequences of political trust. First, in terms of the origin of political support, most research from the United States is in agreement that social background, including ethnic group, level of education, generation, and gender has an influence on political support. In addition, specific or major events in international politics and foreign relations can have a significant effect on political support (Abramson, 1983). However, the most important environmental factors determining political support are evaluations of the 1 incumbent government and party identification (Feldman, 1983; Williams, 1985). Hetherington’s 1 On this, Feldman argues that the low level of political trust in the United States is the result of dissatisfaction with the incumbent elected politicians and regime. Williams also argues that political trust is influenced by party identification and evaluation of the incumbent regime. 2 (1998) comprehensive study shows that citizens’ evaluation of the president or legislature, evaluation of political performance, and evaluation of overall economic performance affects feelings of political trust. Next, studies on changes on political support have primarily focused on the reasons for the long-term decline in political support in the United States.2 Hetherington (1998) has pointed out that over recent decades, a feature of American politics is the steady decline of trust in the government. At the same time, his work expresses a concern that this trend may threaten
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