Autocrats may try to generate regime support in order to remain in power, but do they get the
results they intend? This article analyzes the causes and consequences of regime support in …

Taking an interpretive approach, this study argues that Chinese political tradition plays an
important role in the maintenance of regime legitimacy in China today. Contrary to the …

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 …

This essay examines two sharply contrasting and controversial perspectives on China's near-
to medium-term future: top-level reform and bottom-up revolution. The essay highlights the …

Since the launch of the reforms in 1979, most striking has been China's tremendous ability to
adapt to—and therefore to resist—the Communist Party, its leadership and its nomenklatura …

This thesis studies the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)'s capacity to rule in contemporary
China by examining (a) its quest for popular legitimacy and (b) its search for party cohesion …

This book attempts to explain why political reforms in China lag behind the country's
remarkable socioeconomic transformation which has been underway since reform and …

The dramatic events of the democracy movement and the subsequent government
crackdown in Tiananmen Square in the summer of 1989 marked the most serious legitimacy …

Legitimacy is important for politicians everywhere. At the very least, it may reduce the"
transaction costs" involved with the implementation of policy; it may actually reduce the scale …

Previously in this journal, Gunter Schubert's article, entitled 'One-party rule and the question
of legitimacy in contemporary China', called for the setting up of a new research agenda to …