▣ 1. Personal Ideological Values' Influence on Government Trust and Political Efficacy : Comparative Analysis of Korean, Chinese, and Japanese Values
This study clarifies the variations of Korean, Chinese, and Japanese ideological values, and ex ...
▣ 1. Personal Ideological Values' Influence on Government Trust and Political Efficacy : Comparative Analysis of Korean, Chinese, and Japanese Values
This study clarifies the variations of Korean, Chinese, and Japanese ideological values, and examines how the values influence government trust and political efficacy. This study extends Inglehart's theory that postmaterial values influence government trust. This study analyzes how the personal ideological values, that is, material/postmaterial values, traditional(collective)/individualistic values, and liberal/egalitarian values influence peoples's attitude on government attitudes, that is, government trust, internal and external political efficacy. More than 6,500 surveys are used for data in Korea, China, and Japan. This research finds that ① all the peoples' attitudes on government are affected by their material/postmaterial values, collective(traditional)/individualistic values, and liberal/egalitarian values, ② the personal ideological values are partially effected by personal socio-economic backgrounds. Overall, this paper discusses how to improve government trust and suggests research implications for further research.
▣ 2. Social Capital and Political Participation : Comparative Analysis on Korean, Chinese, and Japanese
This study examines how various types of social capital influence various types of political participation. The types of social capital of this study are originated from strong and weak ties, hierarchical and horizontal structure, personal and organizational trust, and homogeneous and heterogeneous organization, and the types of political participation originated from active and passive participation, and legal and illegal participation. 1,036 surveys are used for data from citizens in Seoul Metropolitan of Korea, 519 surveys from citizens in Peking Metropolitan of China, and 682 surveys from citizens in Tokyo Metropolitan of Japan. This research finds that various types of social capital positively and negatively influence various types of political participation, and the relationship between social capital and political participation is shown similarly and differently according to the nationalities.