Mass political interest (or apathy) in urban China |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Political Science, Old Dominion University, BAL 700, Norfolk, VA 23529, USA;2. Department of Political Science, University of Tennessee, Nashville, TN 37996, USA;1. Urgences pédiatriques et maladies infectieuses, université de Lille, centre hospitalier régional universitaire (CHRU de Lille), 59000 Lille, France;2. Groupe de pathologie infectieuse pédiatrique (Paediatric Infectious Disease Group), France;3. Laboratoire de bactériologie, UDSL, centre de pathologie-biologie, université de Lille, centre hospitalier régional universitaire (CHRU de Lille), 59000 Lille, France;4. Inserm ECEVE U1123, urgences pédiatriques, hôpital Necker–Enfant-Malades, université Paris-Descartes, AP–HP, 75015 Paris, France;5. Urgences pédiatriques, centre hospitalier intercommunal de Créteil & ACTIV, 94000 Créteil, France;6. EA2694 santé publique, épidémiologie et qualité des soins, université Lille, 559000 Lille, France;1. Department of Economics, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa;2. School of Economic and Business Sciences, University of the Witswatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa;1. Bayerisches Geoinstitut, Universität Bayreuth, D-95440 Bayreuth, Germany;2. Institut für Geo- und Umweltnaturwissenschaften, Universität Freiburg, D-79104 Freiburg i.Br., Germany;1. U.S. Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station, Corvallis, OR, USA;2. Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA;3. School of Environmental and Forest Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA |
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| Abstract: | Based on our reassessment of existing studies on political interest and apathy in various societies, we argue the urgent need for a more systematic and focused examination of mass political interest—as psychological involvement in politics—in China. Utilizing data collected from a public opinion survey conducted in Beijing, China in late 1995, we intend to shed some light on the level and sources of political interest in contemporary China. Contrary to the prevalent argument that most Chinese are politically apathetic, we have found that there was a rather high level of political interest within our sample. We have also found that both conventional variables (i.e. age, gender, education, income, political efficacy, and dissatisfaction with government performance) and variables unique to the Chinese setting (i.e. being a farmer, becoming a private entrepreneur, joining the Chinese Communist Party and holding leading position in the party/government) have significant effects on the levels of political interest. |
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