初探民主體制下台灣民眾的領導觀

Analysis of Public Opinion toward Democratic Leadership

俞振華(Eric Chen-hua Yu)

《法政學報》 25期 (2013/12) Pp. 27-63

摘要

本研究旨在探討民主體制下，公民對於領導人究竟有什麼想像？或者，公民對於領導人的想像如何在民主體制內落實？學理上，強有力的領導與民主體制在概念上有許多扞格之處。本研究透過調查，探索公民對於數個相關衝突概念間如何取捨，並根據學理特別針對領導概念的本質及領導的功能面來探討公民對現代政治領導人的想像。本研究主要發現，民眾過去的被治經驗，即其所屬的「領導政治世代」顯著地影響他／她對於總統角色的認知及定位。另外，具有較高社經地位的民眾，或許基於反應精英主義的觀點，較易認同領導概念的本質，進而認為總統應該是有遠見的領袖，而非僅是服務民眾的公僕。總之，本研究實證分析的結果顯示，民眾對於領導觀的認知相當分歧，在傳統領導觀和民主價值的拉扯下，缺乏完整及一致性的標準或脈絡。

關鍵字

領袖 ； 公僕 ； 遠見 ； 領導政治世代 ； 社經地位

並列摘要

This paper explores the concept of democratic leadership among Taiwan's general public. Specifically, it focuses on citizens' understandings of political leader within the context of a democratic system. In theory, the definition of a strong leader never reconciles with some fundamental values of democracy. Through a survey research designed on a basis of core leadership concepts and functions, we not only examine citizens' preferences among conflicting values with respect to leadership and democracy, but also portrait citizens' different imaginations of a democratic leader. We found that a respondent's political generation is a key factor that contributes to his/her understandings for the roles of the president. Additionally, one who has a better social economic status tends to reflect an elite viewpoint when considering the major role of the president, and is more likely to prefer a farsighted leader to a service-oriented clerk. In short, our empirical evidence suggests that the general public lacks a common understanding towards democratic leadership.

並列關鍵字

leader, clerk ； far-sight, political generation on leadership ； social-economic status