Within months of the coup against Morsi, the Egyptian military took several measures to undermine the Muslim Brotherhood—banning it in September 2013 and declaring it a terrorist organization in December. 2015. Total loading time: 11.434 I argue that policy awareness, rather than policy benefits, drives citizens’ demand. experiences enhanced legitimacy when its institutions are able to perform well. Close this message to accept cookies or find out how to manage your cookie settings. Legitimacy tends to have an iterative impact on political struc-tures (legitimacy may shape the political structures of a state, while the A recent survey of the literature suggests that the effects of social policy on mass political attitudes are mixed (Campbell 2012). Full text views reflects PDF downloads, PDFs sent to Google Drive, Dropbox and Kindle and HTML full text views. Finally, I show that policy awareness has enhanced citizens’ trust in China's central government, but not in local governments. 2017. * Views captured on Cambridge Core between September 2016 - 8th April 2021. 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Cheng, Chao-yo Published online by Cambridge University Press: and Close this message to accept cookies or find out how to manage your cookie settings. Constructing and contesting legitimacy and accountability in polycentric regulatory regimes ... the communicative activity of ‘‘rendering account’’ may have transformatory effects on the organization, with implications for its ability to meet multiple legitimacy claims. Tao, Ran "metricsAbstractViews": false, Given that citizens’ responses are primarily influenced by policy awareness that is promoted by the state media, this study casts doubt on the use of social policies to sustain long-term political support. Hostname: page-component-684bc48f8b-ttgcf Moving from conceptual definition to causal variable introduces problems for scholars. Questions about the integrity of election results across the course countries can lead to protests that may weaken legitimacy and any ongoing democratization processes. 08 May 2014. If you should have access and can't see this content please, Economic Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy, Good-Bye Lenin (or Not? Xu, Wenming Has data issue: true ... Distribution of power and authority and the influence of internal and external actors affect regime stability. Chen, Dingding The rights and liberties of the people expanded. This asymmetry in regime support has two sources—the decentralization of education provision and biased media reporting—which induce citizens to credit the central government for good policy outcomes. and The shortage of legitimacy is dangerous to the regime because ‘a completely coercive political system is unthinkable,’ and in the total absence of legitimacy, a regime loses control even of the means of repression, as happened to the former Egyptian regime in 1952. Elites often use social policies to garner political support and ensure regime survival, but social policies are not a silver bullet. The voice of the people isn't something the markets seem to want to hear these days. and Xu, Wenming Shi, Shih-Jiunn and … and Abstract. First there was Greece, the cradle of democracy itself, where early this month, the merest mention of a referendum offering its citizens a say in a series of severe austerity measures was enough to send the markets into a tailspin. 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Given that citizens’ responses are primarily influenced by policy awareness that is promoted by the state media, this study casts doubt on the use of social policies to sustain long-term political support. Violently Repressive Authoritarian Regimes and Legitimacy Written by Samantha K. Lee This PDF is auto-generated for reference only. "isUnsiloEnabled": true, This is different from a change in government, which occurs when leaders or parties move in and out of office. Waddan, Alex This considerably helped the expansion of democratic process of the political system along with it the legitimacy. Has data issue: true Social Policy and Regime Legitimacy: The Effects of... https://doi.org/10.1017/S0003055414000124. Published online by Cambridge University Press: Political legitimacy is considered a basic condition for governing, without which a government will suffer legislative deadlock (s) and collapse. 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Cui, Ernan Béland, Daniel While these factors can cause legitimacy to decrease, it is only when a significant proportion of the population lose faith in the state's institutions that a crisis of legitimacy … Even if the policy could enhance citizens’ regime support, it may increase citizens’ entitlement and government’s financial obligations, potentially burdening the regime in the future. Shi, Shih-Jiunn Given these plausible alternative explanations, the shorter durability of semi-democracies reported in pre-vious studies may merely reflect a correlation, and semi- for this article. Cui, Ernan Acceptable explanations may include: • A regime change has occurred when the type of political system has changed. Elites often use social policies to garner political support and ensure regime survival, but social policies are not a silver bullet. Sources of Regime Legitimacy in Confucian Societies Introduction The concept of regime legitimacy is central to the understanding of modern political life. Tao, Ran Urpelainen, Johannes By their willingness to revise existing constitutional definitions, courts help political institutions pursue popular policies. 1 However, some states and regimes have survived or transformed themselves even against the background of severe legitimacy crises, lack of public confidence in basic political and social institutions, and deep mistrust between citizens and the state. 2018. Elites often use social policies to garner political support and ensure regime survival, but social policies are not a silver bullet. We use existing theory and research to identify a basic legitimation assumption that includes four conditions necessary to establish legitimacy. Xu, Guangdong Donors have focused on building effective, legitimate and resilient state institutions. If legitimacy is “the capacity of the system to engender and maintain the belief that the existing political institutions are most appropriate ones for the society”, 4 then its necessity to the survival of a political regime is clearly important. These unfolding effects have received less attention to date, yet they will be essential to watch in the months ahead. "figures": false, We use cookies to distinguish you from other users and to provide you with a better experience on our websites. A second factor influencing the likelihood of political institution legitimacy in favor of democracies and away from violently repressive authoritarian regimes might be corruption which is often at high levels in authoritarian regimes due to a lack of accountability and large bureaucracies. There are several factors which can affect the legitimacy of a state. For all ... consider them illegitimate or try to effect change outside the … Reagan, Thatcher, and the Politics of Retrenchment, Citizens’ Perceptions of Governance in Rural and Urban China, Providing Public Goods in Transitional China, China's Propaganda System: Institutions, Processes and Efficacy, Cultural Values and Political Trust: A Comparison of the People's Republic of China and Taiwan, ‘Nauseating’ Displays of Loyalty: Monitoring the Factional Bargain through Ideological Campaigns in China, A Public Transformed? Feature Flags: { It is because election contributes to provide justification for the existence of a regime, thus consolidates its legitimacy. and liberalizing and deliberalizing regime changes are mea-surableforallsemi-democracies.Consequently,previous studies may have overestimated the durability of autoc-racies and democracies. }. To conclude, situational factors as seen above have been found to affect the level of obedience that somebody shows. We use cookies to distinguish you from other users and to provide you with a better experience on our websites. This data will be updated every 24 hours. A centuries-long history of theory and research shows that every authority system tries to cultivate a belief in its legitimacy. The health crisis will likely disrupt or distort democracy in other ways. Governments now also have a means to ban protests without officially saying so: shelter-in-place orders have the same effect. With nearly a decade of rule under his belt, Kim Jong Un has apparently shored up control over acceptable social change. Feature Flags: { Even if the policy does en-hance citizens’ regime support, it might also increase citizens’entitlementexpectationsandgovernment’sfi-nancial obligations, potentially burdening the regime Yang, Dali L. "newCiteModal": false, "shouldUseHypothesis": true, 08 May 2014. I argue that policy awareness, rather than policy benefits, drives citizens’ demand. bolsters regime legitimacy. Title: untitled Author: gilleyb Created Date: 12/20/2010 9:38:48 AM Social Policy and Regime Legitimacy: The Effects of... https://doi.org/10.1017/S0003055414000124. Bennett. In political systems where this is not the case, unpopular régimes survive because they are considered legitimate by a small, influential élite. Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. 2017. regime legitimacy. One example of a regime change since 1990 is Russia, where there was a change from the USSR to Russia but also a complete transformation of the political system with the 1993 Constitution. 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For instance, scholars have looked into the effects of state and local government legitimacy on the enactment of legislation, public spending , foreign aid, and climate change planning (e.g., Legitimacy by definition concerns how power may be used in ways that citizens consciously recognize and accept. A recent survey of the literature suggests that the effects of social policy on mass political attitudes are mixed (Campbell 2012). for this article. 2009). Chen, Jianwei This data will be updated every 24 hours. However, the greater effect of trust in our model in comparison to justice may result from the close relationship between these two concepts (Tyler 2010), which we chose to treat as distinct aspects of the institutional regime in accordance with other recent studies (Tyler and Huo 2002, Levi et al. Dave Barrett led the New Democratic Party to its first majority government ushering in the first Social Democratic government in the province's history. The idea of court-assisted regime change resonated within political science because it appeared consistent with contemporary policy controversies. The m… Rocco, Philip ): The Effect of Communism on People's Preferences, The End of Economic Voting? As such, it may contain some conversion errors and/or missing information. The enhancement of state legitimacy has become a central dimension of multilateral development assistance and a prerequisite * Views captured on Cambridge Core between September 2016 - 8th April 2021. 2015. Render date: 2021-04-08T06:10:15.039Z An example of a government change since 2010 includes the switch in … and Rocco, Philip "newCitedByModal": true Full text views reflects PDF downloads, PDFs sent to Google Drive, Dropbox and Kindle and HTML full text views. "isUnsiloEnabled": true, This asymmetry in regime support has two sources—the decentralization of education provision and biased media reporting—which induce citizens to credit the central government for good policy outcomes. Waddan, Alex "shouldUseHypothesis": true, Authoritarian regimes are resilient not only when they can withstand outside pressures, but also respond to any grassroots or popular changes in social roles that may spur political mobilization. All modern political regimes depend on In order to build up a strong “structure” of legitimacy the authority of the capitalist society sanctioned a number of political, social and other rights. The 1972 British Columbia general election marked the end of the twenty-year dominance of the Social Credit Party and Premier W.A.C. • Regime changes involve complete transformation of the … In many instances, legitimacy crises have caused or triggered the breakdown of both democratic and authoritarian regimes. This paper focuses on the legitimation of regimes – social relationships and the rules that govern them. Total loading time: 11.434 These efforts corresponded to a view of the Brotherhood’s poweras being concentrated in an elite cadre that made strategic decisions and passed them on to the wider organization through top-down communication. Social Roles and Legitimacy. Chen, Jianwei }. If you should have access and can't see this content please, Economic Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy, Good-Bye Lenin (or Not? Using two waves of Chinese national surveys, I find that a recent policy of abolishing school fees has significantly increased citizens’ demand for greater government responsibility in financing compulsory education. "newCitedByModal": true conflicts of the 20th and 21st centuries have been about the legitimacy of state institutions or particular political regimes. "shouldUseShareProductTool": true, Using two waves of Chinese national surveys, I find that a recent policy of abolishing school fees has significantly increased citizens’ demand for greater government responsibility in financing compulsory education. ): The Effect of Communism on People's Preferences, The End of Economic Voting? 2016. View all Google Scholar citations Hostname: page-component-684bc48f8b-ttgcf These include political and economic stability; the use of coercion; media; absence of peace/law and presence of dissident groups, and the role of external agencies. Yang, Dali L. Additional Risks to Democracy. Xu, Guangdong Additionally, although the policy may help the central government maintain regime legitimacy, it has also engendered greater expectations of entitlements. be expected from political systems that have a considerable level of political legitimacy. The Chinese regime is, in effect, making an argument about regime type, and one that authoritarian regimes are likely to appreciate, regardless of the merits. and Using two waves of Chinese national surveys, I find that a recent policy of abolishing school fees has significantly increased citizens’ demand for greater government responsibility in financing compulsory education. Cheng, Chao-yo "metricsAbstractViews": false, 2018. Warner, Travis J. The increased corruption will often have a negative effect on the perception of good governance again … 11 LEGITIMACY AND POLITICAL PARTICIPATION IN EIGHT LATIN AMERICAN NATIONS 1 The essence of democracy, according to the word’s etymology2 and to classics of democratic theory, is citizen participation in the rule of a political community.Albeit central to the definition of democracy, political participation and its possible effects have long presented 2016. • Strengthened democracy because of increased legitimacy or political efficacy • Weakened democracy because of widespread fraud reducing legitimacy or political efficacy • Weakened democracy because of the use of state resources in elections Authoritarian regimes also tend to proceed election, even non-competitive election. 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One potential consequence is that the rise of citizen demand may harm the Chinese government in the future, because any failure to fulfill this rising expectation may undermine the government's legitimacy. Election, a significant element of democracy, is very important in the process of legitimization. These changes can posit interpretations - WITH DATA! "shouldUseShareProductTool": true, Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. View all Google Scholar citations Finally, I show that policy awareness has enhanced citizens’ trust in China's central government, but not in local governments. Chen, Dingding
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