Does Ideological Education in China Suppress Trust in Religion and Foster Trust in Government

Datos Bibliográficos

ID3554496
AutoresYing Xie (0000-0002-9189-6046, Guangzhou University, autor de correspondencia), Yunping Tong (0000-0003-2544-7733, State Street (United States)), F Yang (0000-0002-4723-9735, State Street (United States))
Año2017
Volumen8
Número5
Páginas94
Fecha de publicación2017-05-15
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaReligions (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 2077-1444 • E-ISSN: 2077-1444
EditorialMDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT)
DOI10.3390/rel8050094
OpenAlexW2613225117
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas12
Referencias citadas16

A major goal of ideological education in China is to promote loyalty to the party-state and to instill atheism among the people. How effective is this ideological education? This article examines the relationship between education and trust in government and trust in religion using data from the 2010 Chinese General Social Survey. We find that education is negatively associated with trust in government, while positively related to trust in religion. Our findings suggest that policies aimed at displacing religion in favor of the Communist ideology have largely failed to shape the public mindset; rather, the more educated, the more people tend to trust religion instead of the government

Atheism · China · Communism · General Social Survey · Ideology · Loyalty · Mindset · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Sociology · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Law · Local Government Finance and Decentralization · Psychology · Social Capital and Networks · Social Psychology