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Record Nr.

UNINA9910814128703321

Autore

Zhenglai Deng

Titolo

Reviving legitimacy : lessons for and from China / / edited by Deng Zhenglai and Sujian Guo

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, , 2011

2011

ISBN

0-7391-6888-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (236 p.)

Collana

Challenges Facing Chinese Political Development

Disciplina

320.951

Soggetti

Legitimacy of governments - China

Legitimacy of governments

China Politics and government 2002-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Reviving Legitimacy; Contents; Figures and Tables; Contributors; Acknowledgments; Introduction A Cosmopolitan Moment of Legitimacy and Governance; Part 1 Legitimacy in Theoretical Perspectives; 1 Typological Analysis of Democratic Legitimacy; 2 What Is Political Legitimacy and How Can It Be Acquired? Lessons from a Deviant Case; 3 International Dimensions of Legitimacy: Reflections on Western Theories and the Chinese Experience; 4 ""Adaptive Authoritarianism"" in Contemporary China: Identifying Zones of Legitimacy Building

5 Re-conceptualizing ""Legitimacy"" for Studying Village Elections in ChinaPart 2 Reviving Legitimacy in China; 6 Confucianism as a Legitimizing Ideology; 7 Legitimizing Leninism; 8 Authoritarian Legitimacy and Legitimation in Contemporary China; 9 ""Performance Legitimacy"" and China's Political Adaptation Strategy; 10 Morality, Benevolence, and Responsibility: Regime Legitimacy in China from Past to the Present; Index

Sommario/riassunto

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.