Partisanship and Institutional Trust a Comparative Analysis of Emerging Democracies in East Asia

Kai-Ping Huang ； Feng-Yu Lee ； Tse-Min Lin

《Taiwan Journal of Democracy》 9卷1期 (2013/07) Pp. 47-71

並列摘要

This essay investigates the determinants of institutional trust in six emerging democracies in East Asia. Citing cognitive dissonance theory, our research question concerns whether identifiers with opposition parties, in comparison to identifiers with incumbent parties, have weaker institutional trust. We look into different types of political institutions to see if the asymmetry is more pronounced in partisan institutions than in neutral ones. Using data from Wave 3 of the Asian Barometer Survey (2010-2011), we construct indicators of trust in partisan and neutral institutions and identify their determinants. Our findings show that the effect of partisanship on trust in partisan institutions is indeed asymmetric in most cases, although such asymmetry in trust in some neutral institutions may still be present. These finding raise the question whether the recent decline in political trust in some emerging East Asian democracies is due to bad governance or to increasing partisan polarization.

並列關鍵字

Trust ； institutional trust ； social capital ； partisanship ； partisan institutions ； neutral institutions ； cognitive dissonance theory ； risk-taking ； East Asian emerging democracies

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