The Quest For Legitimacy In Chinese Politics

Author : Lanxin Xiang
Publisher : Routledge Studies on Asia in the World
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2019-09-05
Category : China
ISBN : 0367339714

Get Book

The Quest for Legitimacy in Chinese Politics by Lanxin Xiang Pdf

Xiang explains the nature and depth of the legitimacy crisis facing the government of China, and why it is so frequently misunderstood in the West. Arguing that it is more helpful to understand the quest for legitimacy in China as an eternally dynamic process, rather than to seek resolutions in constitutionalism, Xiang examines the understanding of legitimacy in Chinese political philosophy. He posits that the current crisis is a consequence of the incompatibility of Confucian Republicanism and Soviet-inspired Bolshevism. The discourse on Chinese political reform tends to polarize, between total westernization on the one hand, or the rejection of western influence in all forms on the other. Xiang points to a third solution - meeting western democratic theories halfway, avoiding another round of violent revolution. This book provides valuable insights for scholars and students of China's politics and political history.

Author : Lanxin Xiang
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2019-09-03
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000699760

Get Book

The Quest for Legitimacy in Chinese Politics by Lanxin Xiang Pdf

Xiang explains the nature and depth of the legitimacy crisis facing the government of China, and why it is so frequently misunderstood in the West. Arguing that it is more helpful to understand the quest for legitimacy in China as an eternally dynamic process, rather than to seek resolutions in constitutionalism, Xiang examines the understanding of legitimacy in Chinese political philosophy. He posits that the current crisis is a consequence of the incompatibility of Confucian Republicanism and Soviet-inspired Bolshevism. The discourse on Chinese political reform tends to polarize, between total westernization on the one hand, or the rejection of western influence in all forms on the other. Xiang points to a third solution - meeting western democratic theories halfway, avoiding another round of violent revolution. This book provides valuable insights for scholars and students of China’s politics and political history.

Author : Baogang Guo
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2010-09-23
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781461633129

Get Book

China's Quest for Political Legitimacy by Baogang Guo Pdf

This book examines the new equity-enhancing politics in China in the context of Chinese traditional cognitive patterns of political legitimacy and its implication for Chinese political development in the near future. Based on an analysis of the new governing philosophy, the generation of political elite, and a new set of public policies, the book reaffirms the emergence of a new Chinese polity that infuses one-party rule with limited electoral and deliberative democracies. Unlike many scholars who perceive the contemporary Chinese history as a constant search for democracy, this book takes a very different approach. It asserts that the enduring question in political development in China today is no different from what was sought after throughout Chinese history, namely, the constant search for political legitimacy. Even though the quest for democracy is instrumental to that end, it may not ultimately lead to the embrace of a full-fledged liberal democracy. The new politics is not only a rationalization of the efficiency-based development, but also a major paradigm shift in China's developmental strategy.

Author : Deng Zhenglai
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2011-09-16
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780739168882

Get Book

Reviving Legitimacy by Deng Zhenglai Pdf

This fascinating collection of papers on China's ongoing efforts in reviving legitimacy has approached the issue of legitimacy from both normative and empirical perspectives, and from Western and Chinese perspectives, thus this edited volume offers lessons and insights for and from China, and contributes to the ongoing theoretical debates as well as empirical research on legitimacy in the Chinese context.

Author : Lynn T. White
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789812569349

Get Book

Legitimacy by Lynn T. White Pdf

This book documents the bases for a new view of legitimacy in general and in various parts of Asia, including China, Malaysia, South Korea, Taiwan and Japan. The authors see legitimacy anywhere as always partial, rather than total, and somewhat measurable.

Author : Andre Laliberte,Marc Lanteigne
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2007-12-18
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781134058280

Get Book

The Chinese Party-State in the 21st Century by Andre Laliberte,Marc Lanteigne Pdf

As the Chinese Communist Party continues to move away from socialism, it faces a growing number of challenges to the claim that it represents the sole legitimate governing body in China. In order to reaffirm itself as the most effective force for keeping the country together, the CCP has adapted to contemporary political conundrums in a variety of ways. Rejecting pessimistic perspectives which predict an erosion of state power or naive optimism that state-society relations will evolve towards a Western-style pluralist democracy in the foreseeable future, the contributions to this volume explore many ways in which the CCP selectively adapts to the challenges that have arisen from its strategy of rapid economic growth at the expense of political reform, in order to maintain its authority and relevance. Examining trends such as the reliance on religious charities originating from outside the PRC, the revival of local governance in urban settings, the passing of legislation for workers, or the multiplication of environmental non-governmental organizations, this book tackles the question of whether the Chinese government can overcome these challenges. The Chinese Party-State in the 21st Century: Adaptation and the Reinvention of Legitimacy will appeal to students and scholars of Chinese politics, Asian politics, comparative politics and political sociology.

Author : Xuezhi Guo
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2019-03-31
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781108573641

Get Book

The Politics of the Core Leader in China by Xuezhi Guo Pdf

The desire for the 'core' leader has been imbedded in the ruling philosophy of the Chinese Communist Party. As the role of the 'core' leader and his interactions with other ruling elite are important in understanding Chinese politics, this book attempts to focus on the role of the party chief and how he could become the 'core' of the leadership. Xuezhi Guo provides the most detailed and comprehensive scrutiny of the 'core' of the Chinese Communist Party leadership and meticulously analyses the cultural, philosophical, and ideological origins as well as its evolution throughout the party's history. This study introduces an eclectic approach that integrates the most useful analytical perspectives and insights from Chinese political history, philosophy, and mainstream Western methodologies in order to explain the consistent patterns of elite politics and the behavior of the party's high-ranking leaders during times of cooperation and conflict from Mao Zedong to Xi Jinping.

Author : Feng Chen,Feng Ch?en
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1995-01-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0791426572

Get Book

Economic Transition and Political Legitimacy in Post-Mao China by Feng Chen,Feng Ch?en Pdf

Tracing the role of ideas in Chinese economic reform from 1978 to the present, this book explores the conversion of China's policymakers to capitalist economic thinking. Chen argues that the reform process has created a gap between the legitimacy of the leadership, which remains rooted in Marxist-Leninist ideology, and the practice of reform, which has abandoned such ideological constraints. Through a systematic survey of party documents and resolutions, official publications, leaders' speeches, academic journals, and newspapers, Chen shows how Chinese policymakers reconceptualized the ownership system and adjusted related policies. Focusing on a number of economic policy issue areas such as state economy, rural reform, privatization, and income distribution, he analyzes in depth the implications of this gap for the current Chinese leadership and the future of China's political development.

Author : Johannes van Oosterhout
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Authority
ISBN : STANFORD:36105113022433

Get Book

The Quest for Legitimacy by Johannes van Oosterhout Pdf

Author : Andre Laliberte,Marc Lanteigne
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : China
ISBN : 0415692180

Get Book

The Chinese Party-State in the 21st Century by Andre Laliberte,Marc Lanteigne Pdf

As the CCP moves away from traditional Maoism it seeks to maintain its commanding role in political life despite a growing number of challenges to its claims of legitimacy. This book describes these challenges and explains how the CCP adapts to maintain its authority.

Author : Suisheng Zhao
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2018-10-11
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781351972147

Get Book

Debating Regime Legitimacy in Contemporary China by Suisheng Zhao Pdf

This comprehensive volume is a three-part study of whether the Chinese political system has maintained a significant degree of regime legitimacy in the context of rising domestic discontent, in particular the popular protests against socio-economic inequality and environment degradation. Part I presents the scholarly debate on the theoretical refinement and empirical measurement of regime legitimacy in contemporary China. Part II focuses on the challenges to regime legitimacy of the increasingly widespread popular protests and civil activism. Part III examines the regime’s responses to these challenges, including coercive repression, adaptation, and economic performance. This book finds that, while repression can hardly stop popular protests – and often backfires – economic performance legitimacy is increasingly difficult to be maintained. The only way out is the adaptation to the changing domestic and international environment. The chapters in this collection were originally published in the Journal of Contemporary China.

Author : Jinghan Zeng
Publisher : Springer
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2015-10-22
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781137533685

Get Book

The Chinese Communist Party's Capacity to Rule by Jinghan Zeng Pdf

Why did the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) not follow the failure of the communist regimes in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union? This book examines this question by studying two crucial strategies that the CCP feels it needs to implement in order to remain in power: ideological reform and the institutionalization of leadership succession.

Author : Shuanping Dai,Markus Taube
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 295 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2019-11-06
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781351019729

Get Book

China's Quest for Innovation by Shuanping Dai,Markus Taube Pdf

The transition from a catching-up style economy to an innovation-driven economy poses a major challenge for China. This book examines the major issues at stake, outlines developments in crucial business fields and industries, and discusses the roles of top-down politics and bottom-up entrepreneurship. It focuses in particular on the institutional foundations of innovation, arguing that successful innovation relies on the favourable interplay of business, politics, and society, and that comprehensive institutional and organizational changes will be required in China in order for innovation to succeed. Overall, the book assesses how far China will be able to depart from the Western paradigm of successful innovation regimes and create its own innovation system with Chinese characteristics.

Author : Muthiah Alagappa
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 466 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780804725606

Get Book

Political Legitimacy in Southeast Asia by Muthiah Alagappa Pdf

Despite the end of the Cold War, security continues to be a critical concern of Asian states. Allocations of state revenues to the security sector continue to be substantial and have, in fact, increased in several countries. As Asian nations construct a new security architecture for the Asia-Pacific region, Asian security has received increased attention by the scholarly community. But most of that scholarship has focused on specific issues or selected countries. This book aims to lay the groundwork for a comprehensive, in-depth understanding of Asian security by investigating conceptions of security in sixteen Asian countries. The book undertakes an ethnographic, country-by-country study of how Asian states conceive of their security. For each country, it identifies and explains the security concerns and behavior of central decision makers, asking who or what is to be protected, against what potential threats, and how security policies have changed over time. This inside-out or bottom-up approach facilitates both identification of similarities and differences in the security thinking and practice of Asian countries and exploration of their consequences. The crucial insights into the dynamics of international security in the region provided by this approach can form the basis for further inquiry, including debates about the future of the region.

Author : Andreas Fulda
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : China
ISBN : 1138328340

Get Book

The Struggle for Democracy in Mainland China, Taiwan and Hong Kong by Andreas Fulda Pdf

The question at the heart of this book is to what extent have political activists in mainland China, Taiwan and Hong Kong made progress in their quest to liberalise and democratise their respective polities. The book compares and contrasts the political development in the three regions from the early 1970s.