Nominally Democratic Institutions and Political Participation in China Do They Strengthen the Regime Support?
Studies on authoritarianism have made a significant breakthrough since the late 2000s.In the recent development, many scholars focus on the role of nominally democratic institutions, including political parties, legislature and semi-competitive elections.This paper examines the rehtionship between Chinese peoples participation in state-authorized institutions and their evaluation about the governments performance as well as their support of the current regime.Based on the study ofthe 2011 ABS national survey in China, this paper finds that when Chinese citizens have participated in state-authorized institutions, they tend to have a positive view about their governments performance.When individuals have contacted with elected officials or have voted in the election, they are more likely to think that the government is responsive to social needs and is treating poor and rich people equally.However, this experience does not seem to be very helpful in strengthening their support for the regime.While it contributes to individuals evaluation about the governments capability of solving problems for the country in the longrun, it is not substantially relevant to individuals attitudes toward whether the system needs some changes or not.
Chelsea Chou
Taiwan University
国际会议
The 1st Chinese Conference on Comparative Political Economy (第一届比较政治经济学国际学术会议)
北京
英文
140-153
2013-09-08（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）