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Authoritarian “Rule of Law” and Regime Legitimacy

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ID6246643
AutoresSusan H Whiting (0000-0002-7611-6611, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA, autor de correspondencia)
Año2017
Volumen50
Número14
Páginas1907-1940
Fecha de publicación2017-12-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaComparative Political Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0010-4140 • E-ISSN: 1552-3829
EditorialSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0010414016688008
OpenAlexW2581541851
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas45
Referencias citadas48

A prominent hypothesis to explain the durability of authoritarian regimes focuses on the official adoption of law and legal institutions. The present study offers a novel empirical approach to test the relationship between legal construction and regime legitimation, drawing on a quasi-experiment and original panel survey in rural China. Using difference-in-difference, subgroup, and two-stage least squares analyses, it finds that the Chinese state’s project of legal construction powerfully shapes the legal consciousness of ordinary rural citizens and that state-constructed legal consciousness enhances regime legitimacy. The study also presents qualitative evidence to identify the causal mechanism linking state-constructed legal consciousness and regime legitimacy: the expansion of local institutions like state-run legal-aid centers in rural communities. The study contributes to the institutional focus in debates about authoritarian durability by providing evidence at the intersection of state and society

Authoritarianism · Economic system · Economics · Law and economics · Legal consciousness · Legitimacy · Legitimation · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Rule of law · Sociology · State (computer science · Asian Studies and History · China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance · Chinese history and philosophy · Law

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