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The Resilient Authoritarians
Abstract
China and Russia, along with a number of other countries, demonstrate that capitalism can exist without Western-style democracy, at least for a period of time.
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“By extension, this suggests that allowing criticism, as we found the Chinese leadership does, may legitimize the state and help the regime maintain power.”
From How Censorship in China Allows Government Criticism but Silences Collective Expression (2013) · cites this paper as Dimitrov (2008)
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How Censorship in China Allows Government Criticism but Silences Collective Expression
KING, G., PAN, J., & ROBERTS, M. E. (2013) · American Political Science Review · doi:10.1017/s0003055413000014 · Cited by 2,415
“For example, Dimitrov (2008) argues that regimes collapse when its people stop bringing grievances to the state, since it is an indicator that the state is no longer regarded as legitimate.”
BackgroundReverse-engineering censorship in China: Randomized experimentation and participant observation
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The End of the CCP's Resilient Authoritarianism? A Tripartite Assessment of Shifting Power in China
Li, C. (2012) · The China Quarterly · doi:10.1017/s0305741012000902 · Cited by 164
Understanding Communist Collapse and Resilience
Dimitrov, M. K. (2013) · Cambridge University Press eBooks · doi:10.1017/cbo9781139565028.002 · Cited by 93
Self-citationCoercive capacity and the durability of the Chinese communist state
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Metadata
- Authors
- Dimitrov, M.
- Corresponding author
- Dimitrov, Martin
- ORCID
- Dimitrov, Martin
- Venue
- Current History
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Published
- 2008-01-01
- Volume
- 107
- Issue
- 705
- Pages
- 24-29
- ISSN
- 0011-3530 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W3026942638
- Cited by
- 34
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2025: 1 · 2024: 1 · 2022: 1 · 2020: 2 · 2019: 1 · 2018: 12 · 2017: 3 · 2016: 1 · 2015: 1 · 2014: 4 · 2013: 4 · 2012: 2
- FWCI
- 1.16
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Current History (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Political Conflict and Governance
- Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Political Economy and Marxism
- Keywords
- authoritarianism, China, Russia, political resilience, non-Western democracies, authoritarian capitalism
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