我们之中无人（参与）：政治领域精英的过度代表削弱了政治信任。
(Not) one of us: The overrepresentation of elites in politics erodes political trust.
作者信息
Kesberg Rebekka, Easterbrook Matthew J
机构信息
University of Sussex, Brighton, UK.
University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam.
出版信息
Br J Soc Psychol. 2025 Apr;64(2):e12885. doi: 10.1111/bjso.12885.
Citizens in democracies are increasingly dissatisfied with democratic governance, distrustful of elected officials and view politicians as aloof and detached. We argue that this is, in part, due to the overrepresentation of elites in political office. We conducted four studies (N = 2009) in the U.K. focusing on the education sector. That is, we explore the impact of the overrepresentation of privately educated individuals-who represent >7% of the population but 30%-70% of the political cabinet-on political trust. Studies 1a and 1b measured perceptions and stereotypes of politicians, and Studies 2-4 manipulated the proportion of privately educated politicians in political institutions. Results show that trust in political institutions is eroded when there is overrepresentation of those educated in the private sector. We explore boundary conditions showing that effects are stronger for those who question meritocratic principles in the educational sector and that the effect is mediated through perceptions of deservingness.
民主国家的公民对民主治理越来越不满，对当选官员不信任，认为政治家冷漠且脱离群众。我们认为，这在一定程度上是由于精英在政治职位中所占比例过高。我们在英国进行了四项研究（N = 2009），重点关注教育部门。也就是说，我们探讨了接受私立教育的个人（占人口比例超过7%，但在政治内阁中占30%-70%）比例过高对政治信任的影响。研究1a和1b测量了对政治家的看法和刻板印象，研究2至4则操纵了政治机构中接受私立教育的政治家的比例。结果表明，当私立教育背景的人比例过高时，对政治机构的信任就会受到侵蚀。我们探讨了边界条件，表明对于那些质疑教育部门精英主义原则的人来说，影响更强，而且这种影响是通过应得感的认知来介导的。
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