Publication Type
Journal Article
Version
acceptedVersion
Publication Date
7-2019
Abstract
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.
Keywords
environmental policy, government capacity, policy instruments, Policy preference, social trust
Discipline
Environmental Policy | Political Science
Research Areas
Political Science
Publication
International Review of Public Administration
Volume
24
Issue
3
First Page
205
Last Page
224
ISSN
1229-4659
Identifier
10.1080/12294659.2019.1643101
Publisher
Taylor and Francis Group
Citation
CHO, Beomgeun, & MOON, M. Jae.(2019). The determinants of citizens’ preference of policy instruments for environmental policy: Do social trust, government capacity, and state-society relations matter?. International Review of Public Administration, 24(3), 205-224.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/3959
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Authors
Creative Commons License
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Additional URL
https://doi.org/10.1080/12294659.2019.1643101