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Showing posts with label legitimacy. Show all posts
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Wednesday, November 19, 2008
The political legitimacy in contemporary China
by BI Yantao, China
According to Alan R. Kluver, “Political legitimacy is the perceived convergence of legal and moral authority to rule a nation.” It is “the extent to which the populace views the rulers as deserving of that authority.” Methodologically, it is necessary to classify legitimacy into two types: internal legitimacy (IL) and external legitimacy (EL). In some cases, IL and EL are not consistent to each other. Take China for example. Many Westerners hold firmly the belief that the Chinese government is suffering from such a legitimacy crisis that it will collapse sooner or later. To a great extent, this perception justifies D. McGregor’s approach to the factor of the wishful thinking in the making of prediction: “Unguided by objective evidence, most people will make their prediction in accordance with their subjective preference”. Although the legitimacy of the Chinese government has been eroding these years, it has not declined to such an extent as many Westerners estimated. This essay tries to identify the major variables that contribute to the discrepancy between IL and EL of the Chinese government, mainly by questionnaires and in-depth interviews. My speculation is that the Chinese people residing in the Chinese mainland base their judgments on firstly, social interaction, secondly, personal experiences, and thirdly, new media, while people outside China make their judgments based on firstly, mass media, secondly, social interaction, and thirdly, personal experiences. This essay also discusses the interaction between IL and EL.
(This abstract was submitted to an European conference on China.)
According to Alan R. Kluver, “Political legitimacy is the perceived convergence of legal and moral authority to rule a nation.” It is “the extent to which the populace views the rulers as deserving of that authority.” Methodologically, it is necessary to classify legitimacy into two types: internal legitimacy (IL) and external legitimacy (EL). In some cases, IL and EL are not consistent to each other. Take China for example. Many Westerners hold firmly the belief that the Chinese government is suffering from such a legitimacy crisis that it will collapse sooner or later. To a great extent, this perception justifies D. McGregor’s approach to the factor of the wishful thinking in the making of prediction: “Unguided by objective evidence, most people will make their prediction in accordance with their subjective preference”. Although the legitimacy of the Chinese government has been eroding these years, it has not declined to such an extent as many Westerners estimated. This essay tries to identify the major variables that contribute to the discrepancy between IL and EL of the Chinese government, mainly by questionnaires and in-depth interviews. My speculation is that the Chinese people residing in the Chinese mainland base their judgments on firstly, social interaction, secondly, personal experiences, and thirdly, new media, while people outside China make their judgments based on firstly, mass media, secondly, social interaction, and thirdly, personal experiences. This essay also discusses the interaction between IL and EL.
(This abstract was submitted to an European conference on China.)
Saturday, November 1, 2008
Dr. Cui Guitian, a noted political professor
by BI Yantao, China
Dr. Cui Guitian, born in Jimo City, Shandong Province, works for School of Political Science and Public Administration, Shandong University, as a well-respected professor. I got acquainted with Dr. Cui via one of my relatives, who convinced me the professor is a trustworthy and easygoing scholar.
Dr. Cui specializes in comparative studies of political parties and governance modes in socialist countries. His profile available on the official website of his school shows Prof. Cui has implemented two research projects concerning governance strategies of the ruling parties in China and VietNam, which are closely related to one of my key research areas: political communication. From the micro perspective, the most important task of political communication is to legitimate a government, a politician, a policy or a political party, which I once termed as “the 4-Zheng” because all of them begin with “Zheng” in Chinese.
Dr. Cui Guitian, born in Jimo City, Shandong Province, works for School of Political Science and Public Administration, Shandong University, as a well-respected professor. I got acquainted with Dr. Cui via one of my relatives, who convinced me the professor is a trustworthy and easygoing scholar.
Dr. Cui specializes in comparative studies of political parties and governance modes in socialist countries. His profile available on the official website of his school shows Prof. Cui has implemented two research projects concerning governance strategies of the ruling parties in China and VietNam, which are closely related to one of my key research areas: political communication. From the micro perspective, the most important task of political communication is to legitimate a government, a politician, a policy or a political party, which I once termed as “the 4-Zheng” because all of them begin with “Zheng” in Chinese.
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