从公民的角度看政党的民主性:来自加拿大的证据
Ka Ming Chan1, Laura B Stephenson2,3,4
1School of Geography, Politics and Sociology, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
概括
选民认为自己的政党比其他政党更民主,这种偏见被称为动机推理. 这种看法仍然很强烈,即使有非民主行为的证据,特别是关于外部政党的证据.
科学领域:
- 政治科学 政治科学是指政治学.
- 社会心理学 社会心理学
背景情况:
- 对政党的学术评估通常基于政治多元主义将其归类为民主或非民主.
- 公民对党派对民主规范的承诺的看法没有得到充分研究,其可塑性是未知的.
研究的目的:
- 调查公民如何看待政党对民主规范的承诺.
- 为了确定这些观念是否容易发生变化,特别是在响应有关非民主行为信息时.
主要方法:
- 利用来自加拿大的全国代表性样本的数据.
- 采用了利用2022年加拿大卡车车队对主要受访者关于党派行为的实验设计.
- 应用了动机推理框架来分析公民的看法.
主要成果:
- 选民始终表现出有动机的推理,他们认为党内人士对民主规范的看法比党外人士更有利.
- 实验结果显示信息更新不对称:党内认知保持稳定,而与强烈的车队意见相关联时,党外认知变得更加负面.
结论:
- 公民对党派坚持民主规范的看法是由有动机的推理所塑造的,并且抵抗改变.
- 这些发现有助于理解民主衰退文献,突出了动机推理在维持党派观念中的作用,尽管有非民主行动的证据.
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