Constructing convincing legitimacy claims is important for securing the stability of
authoritarian regimes. However, extant research has struggled to systematically analyse …

Autocratic governments make claims about why they are entitled to rule. Some autocracies
are more talkative than others, but all regimes say something about why they deserve …

As China has risen to the status of a global power, it has taken the lead in fostering several
new multilateral institutional initiatives. Some of these are formal intergovernmental …

This paper provides a detailed introduction to the structures and practice of ideological and
political education in Chinese universities. It draws on a thematic analysis of documents …

Legitimacy is a key concept in political science. It has deep normative roots in democratic
theory and refers usually to righteous, just, fair, and therefore acceptable rule. However, non …

This article presents a new typology and a new dataset of political regimes (1946–2010).
The classification presented is based, in theoretical terms, on the distinctive patterns of …

Authoritarian regimes craft and disseminate reasons, stories, and explanations for why they
are entitled to rule. To shield those legitimating messages from criticism, authoritarian …

One important question about ideological works in China concerns the tension between
mobilisation (encouraging public expression) and control (limiting public expression) …

On August 9, 2020, presidential elections were held in Belarus. Despite blatant electoral
fraud and procedural violations, the official results declared Aleksandr Lukashenka …

The psychological study of ideology has traditionally emphasized the content of ideological
beliefs, guided by questions about what people believe, such as why people believe in …