Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: Objective This article explores whether authoritarian China has a monolithic political culture, or rather a set of somewhat different political cultures across a number of regions. Method On the basis of several criteria we deem particularly important for identifying regions within which development, communication, and socialization of political attitudes are likely to be internally common but distinguishable from those of other regions, we divide China into six such regions. We then employ a combination of eight attitudinal measures from The China Survey of 2008 which are directly relevant to discerning political culture. Results We find that there are indeed substantively different cultures across regions, some of which are more consistent with elite preferences than others. Conclusion From our initial foray into possible explanation, we conclude that politico‐historical legacy—sometimes in interaction with certain aspects of geographic, demographic, and economic characteristics—may go furthest in explaining the cross‐region cultural differences.
Source: Social Science Quarterly
DOI: 10.1111/ssqu.13445
Authors: Robert Harmel, Zhaoqing Li, Chen Shen, Yao‐Yuan Yeh
Institutions: Texas A&M University, University of St. Thomas - Texas
Language: English
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
Estimated APC paid: $2,870
OpenAlex ID: W4402530581