Cambodia in 2020: Regime Legitimacy Tested

2021 ◽  
Vol SEAA21 (1) ◽  
pp. 73-91
Author(s):  
Vannarith Chheang ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Regime Legitimacy

Belief in Control: Regulation of Religion in China

2003 ◽  
Vol 174 ◽  
pp. 317-337 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pitman B. Potter
Keyword(s):  
Religious Belief ◽  
Political Control ◽  
Social Expectations ◽  
Regime Legitimacy ◽  
Control Regulation

This article examines the regulation of religion in China, in the context of changing social expectations and resulting dilemmas of regime legitimacy. The post-Mao government has permitted limited freedom of religious belief, subject to legal and regulatory restrictions on religious behaviour. However, this distinction between belief and behaviour poses challenges for the regime's efforts to maintain political control while preserving an image of tolerance aimed at building legitimacy. By examining the regulation of religion in the context of patterns of compliance and resistance in religious conduct, the article attempts to explain how efforts to control religion raise challenges for regime legitimacy.

scholarly journals Authoritarian Regime Legitimacy and Health Care Provision: Survey Evidence from Contemporary China

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jane Duckett ◽  
Neil Munro
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Health Insurance ◽  
Central Government ◽  
Authoritarian Regimes ◽  
Public Health Insurance ◽  
System Support ◽  
Health Care Provision ◽  
Care Provision ◽  
Regime Legitimacy

Abstract Context: Over the last two decades a growing body of research has shown authoritarian regimes trying to increase their legitimacy by providing public goods. But there has so far been very little research on whether or not these regimes are successful. Methods: This article analyzes data from a 2012–2013 nationally representative survey in China to examine whether health care provision bolsters the communist regime’s legitimacy. Using multivariate ordinal logistic regression, we test whether having public health insurance and being satisfied with the health care system are associated with separate measures of the People’s Republic of China’s regime legitimacy: support for “our form of government” (which we call “system support”) and political trust. Findings: Having public health insurance is positively associated with trust in the Chinese central government. Health care system satisfaction is positively associated with system support and trust in local government. Conclusions: Health care provision may bolster the legitimacy of authoritarian regimes, with the clearest evidence showing that concrete benefits may translate into trust in the central government. Further research is needed to understand the relationship between trends in provision and legitimacy over time and in other types of authoritarian regime.

9. Political Culture, Mass Beliefs, and Value Change

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christian Welzel ◽  
Ronald F. Inglehart
Keyword(s):  
Political Culture ◽  
Economic Performance ◽  
Political System ◽  
Value Change ◽  
Critical Importance ◽  
Culture Theory ◽  
Regime Legitimacy

This chapter examines the role of mass beliefs and value change in democratization processes. Building on one of the central assumptions of political culture theory — the congruence thesis — it argues that mass beliefs are of critical importance for a country’s chances to become and remain democratic. Mass beliefs determine whether a political system is accepted as legitimate or not, which has a major impact on a regime’s likelihood of surviving. The chapter first considers how the role of mass beliefs in democratization is addressed in the literature before discussing mass demands for democracy vs popular preferences for democracy. It then discusses regime legitimacy and its relation to economic performance and asks whether emancipative values are caused by democracy. It also explains changes in many countries’ level of democracy and concludes with an analysis of the influence of religion on democratization.

Authoritarian Leadership in the Post-Communist World

Daedalus ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 145 (3) ◽  
pp. 69-82 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eugene Huskey
Keyword(s):  
Significant Variation ◽  
Soviet Rule ◽  
Quarter Century ◽  
Personnel Policy ◽  
Authoritarian Leadership ◽  
Regime Legitimacy ◽  
Brief Assessment ◽  
Authoritarian Politics ◽  
The Relationship

A quarter-century after the collapse of the USSR, authoritarian politics dominates seven of the fifteen successor states. Placing the post-communist authoritarian experience in the broader frame of nondemocratic governance, this essay explores the origins and operation of personalist rule in the region; the relationship between time and power; and the role of Soviet legacies in shaping the agenda and tools of leadership. It also examines the efforts of post-communist authoritarians to enhance personal and regime legitimacy by claiming to rule beyond politics. Within the post-communist world, the essay finds significant variation among authoritarian leaders in their approaches to personnel policy and to the use of policies, symbols, and narratives to address the ethnic and religious awakening spawned by the collapse of Soviet rule. The essay concludes with a brief assessment of the trajectories of post-communist authoritarian leadership.

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