Understanding the revival and survival of grass-roots associations in China
The Perspective of Four Categories of Legitimacy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2492858 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Gao Bingzhong (Peking University), Gao Bing-Zhong (Peking University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue | 27 |
| Pages | 49-68 |
| Publication date | 2007-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Horizontes Antropológicos (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0104-7183 • E-ISSN: 1806-9983 |
| Publisher | FapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1590/s0104-71832007000100004 |
| OpenAlex | W2165222245 |
| SCIELO_PID | S0104-71832007000100004 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 8 |
Chinese grass-roots social groups have had a complicated relation with the social order during the past thirty years. This paper aims at using a series of practical concepts about legitimacy, from Weber and Habermas, to analyze the revival and present functioning of these groups, especially associations based on folk religion. As I see it, the fact that social groups are able to exist "normally" and to operate, even though they are not in conformity with the law, should be understood with the help of three categories: political legitimacy, administrative legitimacy and social legitimacy. At the end of the paper, I discuss the promulgation of the "Regulations for the Administration of Social Associations" which sets legal legitimacy as a core process integrating the three other kinds of legitimacy, and I examine the effort of government to require all social groups to possess full legitimacy
China · Conformity · Government (linguistics · Legitimacy · Perspective (graphical · Political science · Politics · Promulgation · Social group · Social order · Social science · Sociology · Chinese history and philosophy · Law
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |