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The Resilient Authoritarians
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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.”
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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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