The determinants of citizens’ preference of policy instruments for environmental policy: Do social trust, government capacity, and state-society relations matter?

This study aims to investigate the determinants of citizens’ preferences for policy instruments. In particular, this study examines the impacts of social trust, government capacity, and the state-society relationship on citizens’ preferences for policy instruments. To test the relationships among th...

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Main Authors: CHO, Beomgeun, MOON, M. Jae
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spelling sg-smu-ink.soss_research-52172024-07-17T06:11:59Z The determinants of citizens’ preference of policy instruments for environmental policy: Do social trust, government capacity, and state-society relations matter? CHO, Beomgeun MOON, M. Jae This study aims to investigate the determinants of citizens’ preferences for policy instruments. In particular, this study examines the impacts of social trust, government capacity, and the state-society relationship on citizens’ preferences for policy instruments. To test the relationships among those variables, the study utilizes data from the ISSP (International Social Survey Program) Environmental III 2010, which includes 32 countries. The results show that regardless of policy target groups, social trust makes citizens prefer market-based policy instruments most, and a high level of government capacity leads citizens to favor indirect policy instruments over regulation. The influence of the state-society relationship is contingent on the social construction of the policy target groups except in the case of East Asian countries, which have a strong preference for suasive policy instruments. 2019-07-01T07:00:00Z text application/pdf https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/3959 info:doi/10.1080/12294659.2019.1643101 https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/5217/viewcontent/DeterminantsofcitizenspreferencePolicy_av.pdf http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ Research Collection School of Social Sciences eng Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University environmental policy government capacity policy instruments Policy preference social trust Environmental Policy Political Science
institution Singapore Management University
building SMU Libraries
continent Asia
country Singapore
Singapore
content_provider SMU Libraries
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language English
topic environmental policy
government capacity
policy instruments
Policy preference
social trust
Environmental Policy
Political Science
spellingShingle environmental policy
government capacity
policy instruments
Policy preference
social trust
Environmental Policy
Political Science
CHO, Beomgeun
MOON, M. Jae
The determinants of citizens’ preference of policy instruments for environmental policy: Do social trust, government capacity, and state-society relations matter?
description This study aims to investigate the determinants of citizens’ preferences for policy instruments. In particular, this study examines the impacts of social trust, government capacity, and the state-society relationship on citizens’ preferences for policy instruments. To test the relationships among those variables, the study utilizes data from the ISSP (International Social Survey Program) Environmental III 2010, which includes 32 countries. The results show that regardless of policy target groups, social trust makes citizens prefer market-based policy instruments most, and a high level of government capacity leads citizens to favor indirect policy instruments over regulation. The influence of the state-society relationship is contingent on the social construction of the policy target groups except in the case of East Asian countries, which have a strong preference for suasive policy instruments.
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author CHO, Beomgeun
MOON, M. Jae
author_facet CHO, Beomgeun
MOON, M. Jae
author_sort CHO, Beomgeun
title The determinants of citizens’ preference of policy instruments for environmental policy: Do social trust, government capacity, and state-society relations matter?
title_short The determinants of citizens’ preference of policy instruments for environmental policy: Do social trust, government capacity, and state-society relations matter?
title_full The determinants of citizens’ preference of policy instruments for environmental policy: Do social trust, government capacity, and state-society relations matter?
title_fullStr The determinants of citizens’ preference of policy instruments for environmental policy: Do social trust, government capacity, and state-society relations matter?
title_full_unstemmed The determinants of citizens’ preference of policy instruments for environmental policy: Do social trust, government capacity, and state-society relations matter?
title_sort determinants of citizens’ preference of policy instruments for environmental policy: do social trust, government capacity, and state-society relations matter?
publisher Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University
publishDate 2019
url https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/3959
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