Political Legitimacy in Contemporary China Revisited: theoretical refinement and empirical operationalization

In the first part of this article the author comments on Peter Sandby-Thomas' contribution and critically assesses his suggestion to focus on 'legitimation' instead of 'legitimacy' when investigating the Chinese political system. In the second part, the author, in an effort...

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Published in:The Journal of contemporary China 2014-07, Vol.23 (88), p.593-611
Main Author: Schubert, Gunter
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Accumulation
China
Chinese
Effectiveness
Evaluation
Intellectuals
Knowledge
Legitimacy
Legitimation
Local Knowledge
Methodology
Operationalism
Peoples Republic of China
Policy Analysis
Policy Implementation
Political Systems
Politics
Public policy
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Summary:In the first part of this article the author comments on Peter Sandby-Thomas' contribution and critically assesses his suggestion to focus on 'legitimation' instead of 'legitimacy' when investigating the Chinese political system. In the second part, the author, in an effort to refine his analytical model to study legitimacy presented in an earlier article published in this journal, argues for combining Eastonian systems analysis and policy analysis, particularly at the local level of the Chinese state. The systematic accumulation of knowledge on local policy implementation with regard to procedure, output effectiveness and public responses, undertaken from an Eastonian perspective, provides China scholars with a fruitful approach to the study of legitimacy even if some methodological pitfalls remain.
ISSN:1067-0564
1469-9400
DOI:10.1080/10670564.2013.861139