中研院社會所學術演講: 美國公眾對政府貪腐的恐懼(3/6)
2026-02-23
中研院社會所學術演講: 美國公眾對政府貪腐的恐懼(3/6)
【講題】美國公眾對政府貪腐的恐懼 (Fear of Corruption In The United States)
【講者】史蒂文·普法夫（Steven Pfaff）（美國查普曼大學社會學教授，與宗教、經濟與社會研究所研究員）
【主持人】江彥生（中央研究院社會學研究所研究員兼副所長）
【時間】2026年3月6日（五），14:00–17:00
【地點】中央研究院社會學研究所901會議室（人文社會科學館南棟9樓）
【報名連結】https://forms.gle/6KvipkauCc4xt3hZ6
【活動聯絡】周先生，Email：louischaowi@gmail.com
【演講簡介】
本研究探討了為何「政府官員腐敗」高居美國人恐懼清單的首位。首先，我們確立了這種大眾情緒的穩定性與廣泛程度，並論證了標準的人口統計特徵與政治屬性，用來解釋此現象上有其局限性。
接著，研究中提出了兩項額外分析，藉此測試解釋公眾對腐敗恐懼的五個命題：黨派偏見、自利的政治參與者、利益集團對政策過程的影響、政府未能以大眾最佳利益為依歸，以及缺乏民主回應性。
透過查普曼大學「美國恐懼調查」（Chapman Survey of American Fears）的新模組以及一項「問卷實驗」（factorial vignette survey experiment），我們發現這五個命題均獲得支持。這顯示美國公眾對「腐敗」有著廣義的定義，且這對政府的合法性與美國政治具有深遠的影響。
【講者簡介】
史蒂文·普法夫（Steven Pfaff） 是查普曼大學社會學教授，同時擔任該校宗教、經濟與社會研究所（IRES）的研究員。他在紐約大學獲得社會學博士學位，並在北卡羅來納大學教堂山分校獲得社會學與歐洲史雙碩士學位。在加入查普曼大學前，他曾任華盛頓大學社會學教授。
他的學術研究聚焦於歷史社會學與比較社會學，專長領域包括集體行動、宗教及政治。普法夫教授撰有多部專著，其中《反叛的起源：大航海時代的治理、不滿與叛亂》（The Genesis of Rebellion: Governance, Grievance and Mutiny in the Age of Sail，劍橋大學出版社 2020 年出版），榮獲了社會科學歷史協會（SSHA）頒發的 2021 年度「艾倫·沙林紀念圖書獎」（Allan Sharlin Memorial Book Award）。
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Topic: Fear of corruption in the United States
Speaker: Steven Pfaff（Professor of Sociology and a Research Associate in the Institute for the Study of Religion, Economics and Society at Chapman University）
Host: Yen-Sheng Chiang (Deputy Director and Research Fellow, Institute of Sociology, Academia Sinica)
Date & Time: Mar 06, 2026, 02 : 00 PM – 05 : 00 PM
Venue: Conference Room 901, Institute of Sociology, Academia Sinica (9th Floor, South Wing, Humanities and Social Sciences Building)
Registration: https://forms.gle/DVmQBiWH4Jf7ye7QA
Contact: Mr. Chou (cis@gate.sinica.edu.tw)
Abstract:
This paper explores why the top reported fear among Americans is corrupt government officials. First, we establish the stability and magnitude of this public mood and demonstrate the limited ability of standard demographic and political characteristics to explain it. Then we present two additional analyses, allowing us to test five propositions explaining public fear of corruption: partisan bias, self-interested political actors, interest group. influence over the policy process, a government that failing to do what is best for the public, and a lack of democratic responsiveness. Using a new module from the Chapman Survey of American Fears and a factorial vignette survey experiment, we find support for all five propositions, suggesting the American public holds an expansive definition of corruption and that this has profound implications for the legitimacy of government and American politics.
Bio:
Steven Pfaff is Professor of Sociology and a Research Associate in the Institute for the Study of Religion, Economics and Society (IRES) at Chapman University. He earned his Ph.D. in Sociology from New York University and holds Master’s degrees in both Sociology and European History from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He previously served as a Professor of Sociology at the University of Washington.
His academic work is situated within historical and comparative sociology, with a focus on collective action, religion, and politics. Professor Pfaff has authored several monographs, including The Genesis of Rebellion: Governance, Grievance and Mutiny in the Age of Sail (Cambridge University Press 2020), which received the 2021 Allan Sharlin Memorial Book Award from the Social Science History Association (SSHA). His earlier monograph, Exit-Voice Dynamics and the Collapse of East Germany (Duke University Press 2006), was the winner of the SSHA President’s Book Award and the European Academy for Sociology Prize. He also co-authored The Spiritual Virtuoso (2017).
Professor Pfaff served as an Associate Editor for the American Sociological Review from 2021 to 2023. In 2019, he was elected as a member of the Sociological Research Association. His international experience includes appointments as an Academic Visitor at Nuffield College, Oxford University, and as a Research Fellow at the Juan March Foundation in Madrid. His research has been published in leading academic journals, including the American Journal of Sociology, Social Forces, and Theory and Society.
Note:
Participation is limited to in-person attendees.
臉書連結：https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1Dke69PRAK/
所網連結：https://www.ios.sinica.edu.tw/colloquium.php?id=150
【講題】美國公眾對政府貪腐的恐懼 (Fear of Corruption In The United States)
【講者】史蒂文·普法夫（Steven Pfaff）（美國查普曼大學社會學教授，與宗教、經濟與社會研究所研究員）
【主持人】江彥生（中央研究院社會學研究所研究員兼副所長）
【時間】2026年3月6日（五），14:00–17:00
【地點】中央研究院社會學研究所901會議室（人文社會科學館南棟9樓）
【報名連結】https://forms.gle/6KvipkauCc4xt3hZ6
【活動聯絡】周先生，Email：louischaowi@gmail.com
【演講簡介】
本研究探討了為何「政府官員腐敗」高居美國人恐懼清單的首位。首先，我們確立了這種大眾情緒的穩定性與廣泛程度，並論證了標準的人口統計特徵與政治屬性，用來解釋此現象上有其局限性。
接著，研究中提出了兩項額外分析，藉此測試解釋公眾對腐敗恐懼的五個命題：黨派偏見、自利的政治參與者、利益集團對政策過程的影響、政府未能以大眾最佳利益為依歸，以及缺乏民主回應性。
透過查普曼大學「美國恐懼調查」（Chapman Survey of American Fears）的新模組以及一項「問卷實驗」（factorial vignette survey experiment），我們發現這五個命題均獲得支持。這顯示美國公眾對「腐敗」有著廣義的定義，且這對政府的合法性與美國政治具有深遠的影響。
【講者簡介】
史蒂文·普法夫（Steven Pfaff） 是查普曼大學社會學教授，同時擔任該校宗教、經濟與社會研究所（IRES）的研究員。他在紐約大學獲得社會學博士學位，並在北卡羅來納大學教堂山分校獲得社會學與歐洲史雙碩士學位。在加入查普曼大學前，他曾任華盛頓大學社會學教授。
他的學術研究聚焦於歷史社會學與比較社會學，專長領域包括集體行動、宗教及政治。普法夫教授撰有多部專著，其中《反叛的起源：大航海時代的治理、不滿與叛亂》（The Genesis of Rebellion: Governance, Grievance and Mutiny in the Age of Sail，劍橋大學出版社 2020 年出版），榮獲了社會科學歷史協會（SSHA）頒發的 2021 年度「艾倫·沙林紀念圖書獎」（Allan Sharlin Memorial Book Award）。
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Topic: Fear of corruption in the United States
Speaker: Steven Pfaff（Professor of Sociology and a Research Associate in the Institute for the Study of Religion, Economics and Society at Chapman University）
Host: Yen-Sheng Chiang (Deputy Director and Research Fellow, Institute of Sociology, Academia Sinica)
Date & Time: Mar 06, 2026, 02 : 00 PM – 05 : 00 PM
Venue: Conference Room 901, Institute of Sociology, Academia Sinica (9th Floor, South Wing, Humanities and Social Sciences Building)
Registration: https://forms.gle/DVmQBiWH4Jf7ye7QA
Contact: Mr. Chou (cis@gate.sinica.edu.tw)
Abstract:
This paper explores why the top reported fear among Americans is corrupt government officials. First, we establish the stability and magnitude of this public mood and demonstrate the limited ability of standard demographic and political characteristics to explain it. Then we present two additional analyses, allowing us to test five propositions explaining public fear of corruption: partisan bias, self-interested political actors, interest group. influence over the policy process, a government that failing to do what is best for the public, and a lack of democratic responsiveness. Using a new module from the Chapman Survey of American Fears and a factorial vignette survey experiment, we find support for all five propositions, suggesting the American public holds an expansive definition of corruption and that this has profound implications for the legitimacy of government and American politics.
Bio:
Steven Pfaff is Professor of Sociology and a Research Associate in the Institute for the Study of Religion, Economics and Society (IRES) at Chapman University. He earned his Ph.D. in Sociology from New York University and holds Master’s degrees in both Sociology and European History from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He previously served as a Professor of Sociology at the University of Washington.
His academic work is situated within historical and comparative sociology, with a focus on collective action, religion, and politics. Professor Pfaff has authored several monographs, including The Genesis of Rebellion: Governance, Grievance and Mutiny in the Age of Sail (Cambridge University Press 2020), which received the 2021 Allan Sharlin Memorial Book Award from the Social Science History Association (SSHA). His earlier monograph, Exit-Voice Dynamics and the Collapse of East Germany (Duke University Press 2006), was the winner of the SSHA President’s Book Award and the European Academy for Sociology Prize. He also co-authored The Spiritual Virtuoso (2017).
Professor Pfaff served as an Associate Editor for the American Sociological Review from 2021 to 2023. In 2019, he was elected as a member of the Sociological Research Association. His international experience includes appointments as an Academic Visitor at Nuffield College, Oxford University, and as a Research Fellow at the Juan March Foundation in Madrid. His research has been published in leading academic journals, including the American Journal of Sociology, Social Forces, and Theory and Society.
Note:
Participation is limited to in-person attendees.
臉書連結：https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1Dke69PRAK/
所網連結：https://www.ios.sinica.edu.tw/colloquium.php?id=150
