Reclaiming legitimacy in China

Politics and Policy

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 395-422

  Holbig, Heike ^a   Gilley, Bruce ^b  

^a GIGA GERMAN INSTITUTE OF GLOBAL AND AREA STUDIES   (Germany)

^b PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Democracy; Economic Growth; Governance; Ideology; Legitimacy

Indexed keywords

COMMUNISM; CULTURAL GEOGRAPHY; DEMOCRACY; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; NATIONALISM; PARTY POLITICS; POLITICAL DISCOURSE; POLITICAL ECONOMY; POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY; POLITICAL IDEOLOGY; POLITICAL POWER; POLITICAL REFORM;

CHINA;

EID: 77954626700     PISSN: 15555623     EISSN: 17471346     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-1346.2010.00241.x     Document Type: Article

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