The Meanings of Democracy

Solving an Asian Puzzle

Datos Bibliográficos

ID6288540
AutoresYun-Han Chu, Yun‐han Chu (0000-0003-2395-6163), Min‐hua Huang (0000-0001-8595-5479), Min-Hua Huang
Año2010
Volumen21
Número4
Páginas114-122
Fecha de publicación2010-10-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of democracy (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1045-5736 • E-ISSN: 1086-3214
EditorialProject MUSE (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1353/jod.2010.0009
OpenAlexW2041486667
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas43
Referencias citadas2

It is problematic to rely on indicators carrying the "D-word" for measuring democratic legitimacy. Popular conception of the "D-word" has been so much contaminated by competing public discourses and socializing mechanisms that the word "democracy" has lost much of its conceptual clarity and semantic consistency when it travels across borders. We introduce a more reliable tool to compare the cultural foundation for liberal democracy across countries, especially between democratic and non-democratic ones. A newly developed typological analysis, which is applied to two waves of Asian Barometer Survey, enables us to differentiate the substance of democratic legitimacy from its appearance

CLARITY · Consistency (knowledge bases · Democracy · Development economics · Economics · Legitimacy · Liberal democracy · Political economy · Political science · Sociology · China's Ethnic Minorities and Relations · Chinese history and philosophy · Computer Science · Law · Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies