Legitimacy ambiguities of political success or failure in East and Southeast Asia

This book documents the bases for a new view of legitimacy in general and in various parts of Asia, including China, Malaysia, South Korea, Taiwan and Japan. The authors see legitimacy anywhere as always partial, rather than total, and somewhat measurable. Legitimacy is specifically political, rathe...

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Main Author White, Lynn T
Format eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Singapore World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd 2005
World Scientific Publishing Company
World Scientific Publishing
SeriesSeries on contemporary China
Subjects
Asian Politics
Asian Studies
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
East Asia
International
International Relations
Legitimacy of governments
Legitimacy, Political Attitude Surveys, Nationalism, Political Trust, Political Stability, East Asia, Southeast Asia
POLITICAL SCIENCE
Political stability
Society
Southeast Asia
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Summary:This book documents the bases for a new view of legitimacy in general and in various parts of Asia, including China, Malaysia, South Korea, Taiwan and Japan. The authors see legitimacy anywhere as always partial, rather than total, and somewhat measurable. Legitimacy is specifically political, rather than more vaguely socioeconomic. It can be a predicate of various sizes of collectivity, not just of a sovereign government, or of policies, or of leaders. It can be challenged by patriotism. Legitimacy derives not just from scientific norms or technocracy, even in modern times. It is a belief whose alternative (illegitimacy) people may often suppress in their minds until external situations change, bringing an unexpected cascade of altered legitimacy.
ISBN:9812560920
9789812560926
DOI:10.1142/5698#t=toc