Why is the evaluation of the rule of law so low in Taiwan?- An analysis of Asian Barometer Survey IV

• Main Authors: Mei-Chun Liao, 廖美君
• Other Authors: 張佑宗
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2018
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/6672hu

碩士 === 國立臺灣大學 === 政治學研究所 === 106 === This study is based on the results of the II to IV of the Asian Barometer Survey (ABS) of the Center for East Asia Democratic Studies (National Taiwan University), supplemented by relevant literature, conduct secondary data analysis to observe changes of the rule of law (including corruption control) evaluation in Taiwan from 2006 to 2014, and identify the influencing factors. The results show that from 2006 to 2014, more than half of the Taiwan people thought the government was not law-abiding and generally corrupt, especially in 2014, the dissatisfaction with the evaluation of the rule of law reached a new high. In order to explore its influencing factors, uses David Easton''s political system model as the basis for analysis. From the results of the Asian Barometer Survey IV, Screen out 883 groups of people who think that "the situation of illegal or abuse of power by senior government officials is serious" and "corruption is prevalent in central government", and assuming that the group is dissatisfied with its rule of law (including corruption control) because of distrust of the government govern by law, cognition of the rule of law is confusing, and may be influenced by political socialization. The study found that factors affecting the low evaluation of the rule of law include trust in government institutions and enforcement effectiveness, satisfaction with the policies of the poor and the rich, perceptions of government efforts to control corruption, cognitive confusion about freedom of expression, personal political powerlessness and experience with officials. Moreover, political socialization has a very wide impact on political trust and the cognition of the rule of law.