中国民众权利义务认知的代际差异: 基于价值观与生活满意度的中介效应分析

Analyzing people's understanding of civil rights and responsibilities is the key to understanding people's political participation and social stability. However, the academic community has not yet formed a unified theoretical explanation for the differences in the understanding and practice of civil rights and responsibilities between different generations. This study explores the intergenerational differences in the understanding of such rights and responsibilities among Chinese people and the factors that cause these differences. Our research has found that intergenerational differences in the perception of the rights and responsibilities among Chinese people are mainly driven by life satisfaction rather than post-materialist values. This implies that Inglehart’s post-materialist value theory may not be fully applicable in China. At the same time, as people's awareness of their civil rights and responsibilities increases, their enthusiasm for participating in public affairs will become increasingly high.