Conceptual Construction and Scale Development of the Public's View of Political Obligation
To build a goodness-oriented community,political elites need to bear responsibility,and the public also needs to consciously fulfill their obligations.However,there is no special and systematic empirical research on how much the public accepts political obligations,which is related to the insufficient discussion and lack of scales in this concept.Based on the review of relevant political philosophy research,this paper defines the operational concept of the public's view of political obligation,arguing that it refers to the people's preference choice on whether they should accept the basic obliga-tions of obeying universal political rules,participating in public affairs,and accommodating other members of the communi-ty,which is presented as a three-dimensional framework of political rule orientation,political participation orientation,and social inclusion orientation.Based on this,we have designed measurement tools,collected two types of questionnaire data,and developed a scale for the public's political obligation perspective based on local conditions,international dialogue,as well as theoretical and empirical practices through quantitative methods.
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