政府信任与理性怀疑:一个学理的探讨

广义的政府信任是指公众与政府之间的双向互动耦合关系,因此,改善政府信任理应从政府和公众两个方面考虑.然而,长期以来我们更多地是把希望寄托在政府自觉,忽略了公众在政府信任改善中应有的作用,尤其是没有认识到公众对政府的理性怀疑在其中的重要性.改善政府信任除了政府自身努力外,还需要公众能够自觉形成并秉持对政府的理性怀疑精神,唯此,政府信任才能从根本上真正得以改善.这既是一种思维定势的转变,也是一种研究路径的转向.

Government Trust and Rational Distrust:An Academic Discussion

Government trust, in a broad sense, refers to the two-way interaction between the public and the government, thus, both of them should be taken into consideration to improve government trust. However, for a long time, we have focused more on the government consciousness, and ignored the role of the public, especially not recognized the importance of the rational distrust by the public in improving government trust. Rational distrust of the public is necessary in improving government trust besides the effort...