Public Goods and Political Trust in the East Asian Mega-Cities: An Empirical Study on Beijing, Seoul and Tokyo
Year: 1905
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: As the foundation of government legitimacy and policy effectiveness, political trust mediates the relationship between the government and society and plays an important role in urban governance. Based on survey data from the three most influential cities in the East Asian region, namely Beijing, Seoul and Tokyo, the paper examines how the provision of public goods affects political trust. We make a distinction between infrastructural goods and social justice goods and find out that (1) public goods provision has a significant effect on political trust; (2) as compared to infrastructural goods, social justice goods plays a more significant role in contributing to political trust. This suggests that government should provide more social justice goods for enhancing political trust in these mega-cities.
Authors: GE, Tianren, MENG, Tianguang
Institution: Tsinghua University
Language: English
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7208533563