Trust and Liberalism in Taiwan = Trust and Liberalism in Taiwan

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

Political Trust, Social Capital, Liberalism, Conservatism, New Public Management. Since September 2008, seaquakes of financial have struck the entire world. Lehman Brothers claimed bankrupt suddenly. They sold structure notes brought disaster for the world, no one could avoid, including individual, state, and international enterprises. Further, its impact world economic, people and enterprises not consume, bring about many giant enterprises in deficit, and even go out of business. The condition express free market can`t adjust itself, government must to help. Only civilians trust the government, government has power to make policy. If civilians don`t operate, and suspect government, government will not do policy of social welfare. In term is called ````Political Trust````. I attention to a book which is ````Why Trust Matters: Declining Political Trust and the Demise of American Liberalism````, it`s wrote by Ｍ. Hetherington. I was enlightened relationship between liberalism policy and trust in American, and I attempt to observe the relationship whether use in Taiwan. Expecting be a reference for incumbent government. In this study, I reviewed some study about liberalism and trust, and explored context of historical, in order to fully understand liberalism and trust. Moreover discussed definition of social capital and relationship between liberalism and political trust. When or what cause can facilitate liberalism policy? What`s reason relevance? Why liberalism policies turn to conservatism policy? This article compare poll of political trust with government policy, want to know Hetherington`s theory can use in Taiwan or not.