How does political trust affect social trust? An analysis of survey data from rural China using an instrumental variables approach

Bibliographic Data

ID7894656
AuthorsRan Tao (0000-0002-4248-6067, Renmin University of China), Dali L Yang (The University of Chicago, USA), Ming Li (0000-0001-7109-5084, Renmin University of China), Xi Lu (0000-0002-5063-3776, University of California, USA)
Year2014
Volume35
Issue2
Pages237-253
Publication date2014-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Political Science Review (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0192-5121 • E-ISSN: 1460-373X
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0192512113492599
OpenAlexW2119210529
LanguageEN
Citations received49
References cited72

Using an instrumental variable approach, we analyze survey data to untangle the relationship between social and political trust in contemporary China. We find strong evidence that political trust enhances social trust in China and the results are robust to a range of measures, including the generalized social trust question, as well as three contextualized trust questions. We also shed light on the impact of economic modernization on social trust. Our findings contribute to the general literature on trust and provide a better understanding of the complicated relationship between political trust and social trust. They also offer insight into the dynamics of trust production and reproduction in China and thus into China’s socio-political development

Affect (linguistics · China · Econometrics · Economic growth · Economics · General Social Survey · Instrumental variable · Modernization theory · Political science · Politics · Social capital · Social science · Social trust · Sociology · Survey data collection · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Psychology · Social and Cultural Dynamics · Social Capital and Networks · Social Psychology

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