N Huhe
Biographic Data
| ID | 44345 |
|---|---|
| NAME | N Huhe |
| GIVEN NAMES | N |
| FAMILY NAME | Huhe |
| SIGNATURE | HUHE N |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Strathclyde |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0875-3029 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 27 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 200 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 27 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 8 |
The stars down to the ballot box: Heterodoxy and comparative electoral behaviour
Declining trends in civic participation and the growing success of anti-systemic parties reflect a crisis of democratic legitimacy unforeseen by popular readings of secularisation and modernisation theories. These readings expect the rise of rational, predominantly non-religious citizens and the parallel decline of conformist, religious citizens to strengthen democratic institutions. We update this popular approach, which is built on a dichotomy …
Understanding Generational Shifts and Democratic Support in China: Value Change Vs. Life Satisfaction
Paradox of choices: Inclusiveness of mainstream party systems, cultural grievance about immigration and populist support among European countries
Assessing Performance from Space
Citizens’ assessment of government performance has long been regarded as a key determinant of their support for authoritarian regimes (“performance legitimacy”). But such regimes can cheat performance indicators by “juking the stats” (making them “informational autocrats”). It is unclear how ordinary citizens assess government policy performance and then render their support to the regime in such contexts. Little empirical research has explored t…
Neither religious nor rational: Heterodoxy and Institutional Trust
According to the optimistic reading of the trust deficit in contemporary democracies, an increasingly non-religious and presumably more rational citizenry is naturally inclined to distrust public institutions. This modern shift is viewed as a positive check that can supposedly improve representative government. This article proposes a more nuanced understanding of the influence of supernatural beliefs on institutional trust. Specifically, the art…
Stratified Political Trust in a Nondemocratic Society: Magnitude, Forms, and Sources of Political Trust in Urban China
Is a “Silent Revolution” in the Making in China
Five decades ago, Inglehart for the first time described and explained an unprecedented transformation of political cultures in advanced industrial societies, which he called the “silent revolution.” It was characterized by the emergence in those countries of postmaterialist values as the result of a sustained period of economic growth, and the profound impact of those values on people’s political attitudes and behavior. As China has experienced …
Intergovernmental cooperation networks, national policy positions and partisan ideologies: Longitudinal evidence from the Council of the European Union
This study describes and explains the evolution of cooperation networks among member states in the European Union. We examine the effects of similarities between states in their policy positions on specific controversial issues, the ideological orientations of their national governments, and the presence of populist parties in national governments. This builds on a prominent explanation of political ties, according to which political actors who s…
Flies, tigers, and the leviathan: Anti-corruption campaigns and popular political support in China
To bolster its legitimacy, China's authoritarian regime has launched numerous anticorruption campaigns. Many of these anticorruption campaigns seemed tainted by intra-elite competition and only effective at deterring low- and mid-level cadres (i.e., ‘flies’). Yet, Xi's campaign differs notably from previous ones in his targeting of senior officials (i.e., ‘tigers’) and introduction of institutional changes. By integrating anti-corruption data wit…
Who are in charge, who do i work with, and who are my friends: A latent space approach to understanding elite coappearances in China
Business is Business: How Does Trade Relationship Fail to Boost Image of China
This study explores how China’s increased economic influence shapes its image among foreign audiences. Specifically, it examines the effect of trade relationship with China on the perception of China. A systematic analysis of the data from recent three waves of the Asia Barometer Survey (ABS) consistently shows that, at the country-level, trade exposure to China is associated with a less favorable public view of China. At the individual level, th…
Don’t cry for me Britannia: The resilience of the European Union to Brexit
We assess the impact of the United Kingdom’s 2016 decision to leave the European Union on the Council of the European Union, where Brexit is likely to have the clearest observable implications. Using concepts and models from the spatial model of politics and network analysis, we formulate and test expectations regarding the effects of Brexit. We examine two of the most prominent datasets on recent decision-making in the European Union, which incl…
Contextualizing the Economic Basis of Political Support: Government Economic Engagement, Economic Perceptions, and Democratic Satisfaction
Research has shown that citizens’ economic perceptions heavily influence their political support, both support for the incumbent government and support for the political system. Yet, inadequate attention has been paid to how the economic roles of the government shape the economic basis of political support. We argue that the extent to which the government is engaged in the economy determines how people attribute economic success or failure to the…
Parsing the Effect of the Internet on Regime Support in China
Although the internet is severely censored in China, negative reporting and critical deliberations of political institutions and policy issues, especially low-profile ones, have been abundant in cyberspace. Given such a mixed pattern of online information, this study explores the complexity of the effect of the internet on regime support by parsing it into direct effect and indirect effect. It argues that the internet indirectly erodes its viewer…
The evolution of political networks: Evidence from the Council of the European Union
We test two of the main explanations of the formation of political ties. The first states that political actors are more likely to form a relationship if they have similar policy preferences. The second explanation, from network theory, predicts that the likelihood of a tie between two actors depends on the presence of certain relationships with other actors. Our data consist of a unique combination of actors' policy positions and their network r…
Creating Democratic Citizens: Political Effects of the Internet in China
This study explores the perplexing role of the Internet in authoritarian settings. We disentangle the political impact of the Internet along two distinct dimensions, indirect effects and direct effects. While the direct effects of the exposure to the Internet shape political attitudes in a manifest and immediate way, the indirect effects shape various political outcomes via instilling fundamental democratic orientations among citizens. In authori…
Institutionalizing from the Middle: The Impacts of Provincial Legislation on Rural Grassroots Democracy in China
Contingent Instrumental and Intrinsic Support: Exploring Regime Support in Asia
This study presents a contextual explanation of regime support by arguing that although an individual’s instrumental economic calculation and intrinsic democratic value are important predictors of political support, the extent to which they matter is contingent on the nature of the regime, as defined primarily by democracy. Using data drawn from the second wave of the Asia Barometer, we find that economic perceptions are less important for regime…
Contingent Democratization: When Do Economic Crises Matter
This article argues that the effect of economic crises on democratic transition is contingent on economic structure. Specifically, a high level of state engagement in the economy makes social forces dependent on the ruling elites for patrimonial interests and, therefore, the authoritarian regime liable for economic failure. Moreover, when authoritarian elites own a high share of economic assets, this aggravates the economic loss of both the busin…
The Variant Effect of Decentralization on Trust in National and Local Governments in Asia
This research responds to the need to study trust in the national government (national trust) and in local government (local trust) simultaneously and investigates how decentralization reshapes political attitudes toward different layers of government. The argument is that decentralization contributes to variant patterns of political trust, defined by the relative strength of national trust and local trust, across countries. A multilevel analysis…
Does decentralisation bring the people back to the government? An empirical analysis of the effect of decentralisation on political trust
This study offers an empirical test of the effect of decentralisation on political trust. A comparative analysis of citizens in 47 countries suggests indirect and heterogeneous consequences of decentralisation. First, while various dimensions of decentralisation are significantly associated with political trust at the country level, no dimension has a direct effect on political trust at the individual level. Second, not all forms of decentralisat…
How does democracy influence citizens’ perceptions of government corruption? A cross-national study
We examine the effect of democracy as an institutional context on individuals' perceptions of government corruption. To do so, we compile an integrated dataset from the Asian, Afro, and Latino Barometer Surveys and use a hierarchical linear regression model. Our primary finding is that the effect of democracy has different effects on ordinary citizens' perceptions of corruption in different contexts. In general, people in countries with higher le…
Social trust and grassroots governance in rural China
The Effect of Media Use on Institutional Trust in China
Media consumption increases trust in high-profile institutions such as the central government and the Communist Party and decreases trust in low-profile institutions—local governments, the civil service, courts, and police
Understanding the Multilevel Foundation of Social Trust in Rural China: Evidence from the China General Social Survey
Objective In recent years, there has been a fast‐growing body of literature on the sources of social trust. However, empirical studies focusing on non‐Western societies are rare. To fill the gap, this study is intended to explore both the individual and contextual sources of social trust in rural China. Methods This study uses hierarchical linear models to analyze the multilevel foundations of social trust based upon a unique two‐level data set f…
Alternative framing: The effect of the Internet on political support in authoritarian China
This study seeks to identify and test a mechanism through which the Internet influences public support in an authoritarian environment in which alternative information is strictly censored by the state. Through online discussions, web users often interpret sanctioned news information in directions different from or even opposite to the intention of the authoritarian state. This alternative framing on the Internet can strongly affect the political…
The Variant Effect of Decentralization on Trust in National and Local Governments in Asia
This research responds to the need to study trust in the national government (national trust) and in local government (local trust) simultaneously and investigates how decentralization reshapes political attitudes toward different layers of government. The argument is that decentralization contributes to variant patterns of political trust, defined by the relative strength of national trust and local trust, across countries. A multilevel analysis…
Creating Democratic Citizens: Political Effects of the Internet in China
This study explores the perplexing role of the Internet in authoritarian settings. We disentangle the political impact of the Internet along two distinct dimensions, indirect effects and direct effects. While the direct effects of the exposure to the Internet shape political attitudes in a manifest and immediate way, the indirect effects shape various political outcomes via instilling fundamental democratic orientations among citizens. In authori…
The evolution of political networks: Evidence from the Council of the European Union
We test two of the main explanations of the formation of political ties. The first states that political actors are more likely to form a relationship if they have similar policy preferences. The second explanation, from network theory, predicts that the likelihood of a tie between two actors depends on the presence of certain relationships with other actors. Our data consist of a unique combination of actors' policy positions and their network r…
Contingent Instrumental and Intrinsic Support: Exploring Regime Support in Asia
This study presents a contextual explanation of regime support by arguing that although an individual’s instrumental economic calculation and intrinsic democratic value are important predictors of political support, the extent to which they matter is contingent on the nature of the regime, as defined primarily by democracy. Using data drawn from the second wave of the Asia Barometer, we find that economic perceptions are less important for regime…
Understanding the Multilevel Foundation of Social Trust in Rural China: Evidence from the China General Social Survey
Objective In recent years, there has been a fast‐growing body of literature on the sources of social trust. However, empirical studies focusing on non‐Western societies are rare. To fill the gap, this study is intended to explore both the individual and contextual sources of social trust in rural China. Methods This study uses hierarchical linear models to analyze the multilevel foundations of social trust based upon a unique two‐level data set f…
The Effect of Media Use on Institutional Trust in China
Media consumption increases trust in high-profile institutions such as the central government and the Communist Party and decreases trust in low-profile institutions—local governments, the civil service, courts, and police
Don’t cry for me Britannia: The resilience of the European Union to Brexit
We assess the impact of the United Kingdom’s 2016 decision to leave the European Union on the Council of the European Union, where Brexit is likely to have the clearest observable implications. Using concepts and models from the spatial model of politics and network analysis, we formulate and test expectations regarding the effects of Brexit. We examine two of the most prominent datasets on recent decision-making in the European Union, which incl…
Intergovernmental cooperation networks, national policy positions and partisan ideologies: Longitudinal evidence from the Council of the European Union
This study describes and explains the evolution of cooperation networks among member states in the European Union. We examine the effects of similarities between states in their policy positions on specific controversial issues, the ideological orientations of their national governments, and the presence of populist parties in national governments. This builds on a prominent explanation of political ties, according to which political actors who s…
Parsing the Effect of the Internet on Regime Support in China
Although the internet is severely censored in China, negative reporting and critical deliberations of political institutions and policy issues, especially low-profile ones, have been abundant in cyberspace. Given such a mixed pattern of online information, this study explores the complexity of the effect of the internet on regime support by parsing it into direct effect and indirect effect. It argues that the internet indirectly erodes its viewer…
Contingent Democratization: When Do Economic Crises Matter
This article argues that the effect of economic crises on democratic transition is contingent on economic structure. Specifically, a high level of state engagement in the economy makes social forces dependent on the ruling elites for patrimonial interests and, therefore, the authoritarian regime liable for economic failure. Moreover, when authoritarian elites own a high share of economic assets, this aggravates the economic loss of both the busin…
Does decentralisation bring the people back to the government? An empirical analysis of the effect of decentralisation on political trust
This study offers an empirical test of the effect of decentralisation on political trust. A comparative analysis of citizens in 47 countries suggests indirect and heterogeneous consequences of decentralisation. First, while various dimensions of decentralisation are significantly associated with political trust at the country level, no dimension has a direct effect on political trust at the individual level. Second, not all forms of decentralisat…
Social trust and grassroots governance in rural China
Stratified Political Trust in a Nondemocratic Society: Magnitude, Forms, and Sources of Political Trust in Urban China
How does democracy influence citizens’ perceptions of government corruption? A cross-national study
We examine the effect of democracy as an institutional context on individuals' perceptions of government corruption. To do so, we compile an integrated dataset from the Asian, Afro, and Latino Barometer Surveys and use a hierarchical linear regression model. Our primary finding is that the effect of democracy has different effects on ordinary citizens' perceptions of corruption in different contexts. In general, people in countries with higher le…
Flies, tigers, and the leviathan: Anti-corruption campaigns and popular political support in China
To bolster its legitimacy, China's authoritarian regime has launched numerous anticorruption campaigns. Many of these anticorruption campaigns seemed tainted by intra-elite competition and only effective at deterring low- and mid-level cadres (i.e., ‘flies’). Yet, Xi's campaign differs notably from previous ones in his targeting of senior officials (i.e., ‘tigers’) and introduction of institutional changes. By integrating anti-corruption data wit…
Contextualizing the Economic Basis of Political Support: Government Economic Engagement, Economic Perceptions, and Democratic Satisfaction
Research has shown that citizens’ economic perceptions heavily influence their political support, both support for the incumbent government and support for the political system. Yet, inadequate attention has been paid to how the economic roles of the government shape the economic basis of political support. We argue that the extent to which the government is engaged in the economy determines how people attribute economic success or failure to the…
Neither religious nor rational: Heterodoxy and Institutional Trust
According to the optimistic reading of the trust deficit in contemporary democracies, an increasingly non-religious and presumably more rational citizenry is naturally inclined to distrust public institutions. This modern shift is viewed as a positive check that can supposedly improve representative government. This article proposes a more nuanced understanding of the influence of supernatural beliefs on institutional trust. Specifically, the art…
Is a “Silent Revolution” in the Making in China
Five decades ago, Inglehart for the first time described and explained an unprecedented transformation of political cultures in advanced industrial societies, which he called the “silent revolution.” It was characterized by the emergence in those countries of postmaterialist values as the result of a sustained period of economic growth, and the profound impact of those values on people’s political attitudes and behavior. As China has experienced …
Business is Business: How Does Trade Relationship Fail to Boost Image of China
This study explores how China’s increased economic influence shapes its image among foreign audiences. Specifically, it examines the effect of trade relationship with China on the perception of China. A systematic analysis of the data from recent three waves of the Asia Barometer Survey (ABS) consistently shows that, at the country-level, trade exposure to China is associated with a less favorable public view of China. At the individual level, th…
Institutionalizing from the Middle: The Impacts of Provincial Legislation on Rural Grassroots Democracy in China
Informal Accountability, Socially Embedded Officials, and Public Goods Provision in Rural China: The Role of Lineage Groups
Paradox of choices: Inclusiveness of mainstream party systems, cultural grievance about immigration and populist support among European countries
Informal Accountability, Socially Embedded Officials, and Public Goods Provision in Rural China: The Role of Lineage Groups
The Effect of Media Use on Institutional Trust in China
Media consumption increases trust in high-profile institutions such as the central government and the Communist Party and decreases trust in low-profile institutions—local governments, the civil service, courts, and police
Understanding the Multilevel Foundation of Social Trust in Rural China: Evidence from the China General Social Survey
Objective In recent years, there has been a fast‐growing body of literature on the sources of social trust. However, empirical studies focusing on non‐Western societies are rare. To fill the gap, this study is intended to explore both the individual and contextual sources of social trust in rural China. Methods This study uses hierarchical linear models to analyze the multilevel foundations of social trust based upon a unique two‐level data set f…
Alternative framing: The effect of the Internet on political support in authoritarian China
This study seeks to identify and test a mechanism through which the Internet influences public support in an authoritarian environment in which alternative information is strictly censored by the state. Through online discussions, web users often interpret sanctioned news information in directions different from or even opposite to the intention of the authoritarian state. This alternative framing on the Internet can strongly affect the political…
Social trust and grassroots governance in rural China
The Variant Effect of Decentralization on Trust in National and Local Governments in Asia
This research responds to the need to study trust in the national government (national trust) and in local government (local trust) simultaneously and investigates how decentralization reshapes political attitudes toward different layers of government. The argument is that decentralization contributes to variant patterns of political trust, defined by the relative strength of national trust and local trust, across countries. A multilevel analysis…
Does decentralisation bring the people back to the government? An empirical analysis of the effect of decentralisation on political trust
This study offers an empirical test of the effect of decentralisation on political trust. A comparative analysis of citizens in 47 countries suggests indirect and heterogeneous consequences of decentralisation. First, while various dimensions of decentralisation are significantly associated with political trust at the country level, no dimension has a direct effect on political trust at the individual level. Second, not all forms of decentralisat…
How does democracy influence citizens’ perceptions of government corruption? A cross-national study
We examine the effect of democracy as an institutional context on individuals' perceptions of government corruption. To do so, we compile an integrated dataset from the Asian, Afro, and Latino Barometer Surveys and use a hierarchical linear regression model. Our primary finding is that the effect of democracy has different effects on ordinary citizens' perceptions of corruption in different contexts. In general, people in countries with higher le…
Institutionalizing from the Middle: The Impacts of Provincial Legislation on Rural Grassroots Democracy in China
Contingent Instrumental and Intrinsic Support: Exploring Regime Support in Asia
This study presents a contextual explanation of regime support by arguing that although an individual’s instrumental economic calculation and intrinsic democratic value are important predictors of political support, the extent to which they matter is contingent on the nature of the regime, as defined primarily by democracy. Using data drawn from the second wave of the Asia Barometer, we find that economic perceptions are less important for regime…
Contingent Democratization: When Do Economic Crises Matter
This article argues that the effect of economic crises on democratic transition is contingent on economic structure. Specifically, a high level of state engagement in the economy makes social forces dependent on the ruling elites for patrimonial interests and, therefore, the authoritarian regime liable for economic failure. Moreover, when authoritarian elites own a high share of economic assets, this aggravates the economic loss of both the busin…
The evolution of political networks: Evidence from the Council of the European Union
We test two of the main explanations of the formation of political ties. The first states that political actors are more likely to form a relationship if they have similar policy preferences. The second explanation, from network theory, predicts that the likelihood of a tie between two actors depends on the presence of certain relationships with other actors. Our data consist of a unique combination of actors' policy positions and their network r…
Creating Democratic Citizens: Political Effects of the Internet in China
This study explores the perplexing role of the Internet in authoritarian settings. We disentangle the political impact of the Internet along two distinct dimensions, indirect effects and direct effects. While the direct effects of the exposure to the Internet shape political attitudes in a manifest and immediate way, the indirect effects shape various political outcomes via instilling fundamental democratic orientations among citizens. In authori…
Business is Business: How Does Trade Relationship Fail to Boost Image of China
This study explores how China’s increased economic influence shapes its image among foreign audiences. Specifically, it examines the effect of trade relationship with China on the perception of China. A systematic analysis of the data from recent three waves of the Asia Barometer Survey (ABS) consistently shows that, at the country-level, trade exposure to China is associated with a less favorable public view of China. At the individual level, th…
Don’t cry for me Britannia: The resilience of the European Union to Brexit
We assess the impact of the United Kingdom’s 2016 decision to leave the European Union on the Council of the European Union, where Brexit is likely to have the clearest observable implications. Using concepts and models from the spatial model of politics and network analysis, we formulate and test expectations regarding the effects of Brexit. We examine two of the most prominent datasets on recent decision-making in the European Union, which incl…
Contextualizing the Economic Basis of Political Support: Government Economic Engagement, Economic Perceptions, and Democratic Satisfaction
Research has shown that citizens’ economic perceptions heavily influence their political support, both support for the incumbent government and support for the political system. Yet, inadequate attention has been paid to how the economic roles of the government shape the economic basis of political support. We argue that the extent to which the government is engaged in the economy determines how people attribute economic success or failure to the…
Parsing the Effect of the Internet on Regime Support in China
Although the internet is severely censored in China, negative reporting and critical deliberations of political institutions and policy issues, especially low-profile ones, have been abundant in cyberspace. Given such a mixed pattern of online information, this study explores the complexity of the effect of the internet on regime support by parsing it into direct effect and indirect effect. It argues that the internet indirectly erodes its viewer…
Who are in charge, who do i work with, and who are my friends: A latent space approach to understanding elite coappearances in China
Is a “Silent Revolution” in the Making in China
Five decades ago, Inglehart for the first time described and explained an unprecedented transformation of political cultures in advanced industrial societies, which he called the “silent revolution.” It was characterized by the emergence in those countries of postmaterialist values as the result of a sustained period of economic growth, and the profound impact of those values on people’s political attitudes and behavior. As China has experienced …
Intergovernmental cooperation networks, national policy positions and partisan ideologies: Longitudinal evidence from the Council of the European Union
This study describes and explains the evolution of cooperation networks among member states in the European Union. We examine the effects of similarities between states in their policy positions on specific controversial issues, the ideological orientations of their national governments, and the presence of populist parties in national governments. This builds on a prominent explanation of political ties, according to which political actors who s…
Flies, tigers, and the leviathan: Anti-corruption campaigns and popular political support in China
To bolster its legitimacy, China's authoritarian regime has launched numerous anticorruption campaigns. Many of these anticorruption campaigns seemed tainted by intra-elite competition and only effective at deterring low- and mid-level cadres (i.e., ‘flies’). Yet, Xi's campaign differs notably from previous ones in his targeting of senior officials (i.e., ‘tigers’) and introduction of institutional changes. By integrating anti-corruption data wit…
Neither religious nor rational: Heterodoxy and Institutional Trust
According to the optimistic reading of the trust deficit in contemporary democracies, an increasingly non-religious and presumably more rational citizenry is naturally inclined to distrust public institutions. This modern shift is viewed as a positive check that can supposedly improve representative government. This article proposes a more nuanced understanding of the influence of supernatural beliefs on institutional trust. Specifically, the art…
Stratified Political Trust in a Nondemocratic Society: Magnitude, Forms, and Sources of Political Trust in Urban China
Understanding Generational Shifts and Democratic Support in China: Value Change Vs. Life Satisfaction
Paradox of choices: Inclusiveness of mainstream party systems, cultural grievance about immigration and populist support among European countries
Political science (24 works) · Politics (21 works) · Law (20 works) · Democracy (16 works) · Economics (16 works) · Law (16 works) · Political economy (14 works) · China (13 works) · Electoral Systems and Political Participation (12 works) · Social Capital and Networks (12 works)