As a Socialist country undergoing rapid social and economic transition, China presents a revealing case study on the role of ideology in the process of institutional change. Based on Douglass North’s theory of institutional change and on David Beetham’s theory of political legitimation, this paper argues that recent ideological reforms have been a crucial factor in sustaining the legitimacy of Communist party rule. Ideological change is conceived as a path-dependent process which helps to stabilize the social perception of transition and to frame the party’s modernization achievements. At the same time, the dominant role of ideology makes the Chinese party-state, despite its economic success, more vulnerable to legitimacy crises compared to...
The transition from Socialist China to Post-Socialist China is also the transition from the stabilit...
Two decades after the predicted “end of ideology”, we are observing a re-emphasis on party ideology ...
We suggest a methodology that combines a refined conceptual approach with a theoretically-inspired e...
After 1978, Maoism as a living mass ideological and social force in the People’s Republic of China l...
In late 2017, the Chinese Communist Party proclaimed the “Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chine...
Abstract:The Communist Party of China is the largest political party in the world and it leads the m...
Two decades after the predicted “end of ideology”, we are observing a re-emphasis on party ideology ...
The aim of this Bachelor Thesis is to understand the extent to which the legitimacy of the CCP’s rul...
China’s transition to a market economy has been a process of basic institutional changes and institu...
Despite widespread beliefs to the contrary, Marxism is still highly significant in China. Therefore,...
Culture of a society reflects its social values. So, through Chinese experience, we want to show tha...
This study discusses how the Chinese Communist Party has fashioned "Marxism” as a tradition during t...
UnrestrictedThis dissertation examines the role of ideology and its interaction with market principl...
In the People's Republic of China (PRC), dynamic policy evolution and related socioeconomic changes ...
We suggest a methodology that combines a refined conceptual approach with a theoretically-inspired e...
The transition from Socialist China to Post-Socialist China is also the transition from the stabilit...
Two decades after the predicted “end of ideology”, we are observing a re-emphasis on party ideology ...
We suggest a methodology that combines a refined conceptual approach with a theoretically-inspired e...
After 1978, Maoism as a living mass ideological and social force in the People’s Republic of China l...
In late 2017, the Chinese Communist Party proclaimed the “Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chine...
Abstract:The Communist Party of China is the largest political party in the world and it leads the m...
Two decades after the predicted “end of ideology”, we are observing a re-emphasis on party ideology ...
The aim of this Bachelor Thesis is to understand the extent to which the legitimacy of the CCP’s rul...
China’s transition to a market economy has been a process of basic institutional changes and institu...
Despite widespread beliefs to the contrary, Marxism is still highly significant in China. Therefore,...
Culture of a society reflects its social values. So, through Chinese experience, we want to show tha...
This study discusses how the Chinese Communist Party has fashioned "Marxism” as a tradition during t...
UnrestrictedThis dissertation examines the role of ideology and its interaction with market principl...
In the People's Republic of China (PRC), dynamic policy evolution and related socioeconomic changes ...
We suggest a methodology that combines a refined conceptual approach with a theoretically-inspired e...
The transition from Socialist China to Post-Socialist China is also the transition from the stabilit...
Two decades after the predicted “end of ideology”, we are observing a re-emphasis on party ideology ...
We suggest a methodology that combines a refined conceptual approach with a theoretically-inspired e...