over environmental issues and relations with China, challenged the state’s claim to legitimacy based on nationalism … Communist Party bases its claims to political legitimacy on multiple sources. The bauxite mining controversy challenged the … state’s claim to political legitimacy on the basis of performance. The Catholic land dispute challenged the state’s claim to …

argued that the remaking of ideology has been the consequence of perceived challenges to the legitimacy of CCP rule. Contrary …Two decades after the predicted “end of ideology”, we are observing a re-emphasis on party ideology under Hu Jintao …) ideology since 2002 and assesses the progress and limits of this process. Based on the analysis of recent elite debates, it is …

China’s economic reforms have resulted in spectacular growth and poverty reduction. However, China’s institutions look … ill-suited to achieve such a result, and they indeed suffer from serious shortcomings. To solve "China puzzle" this paper … analyses China’s institution - a regionally decentralized authoritarian system. The central government has control over …

This paper shows why corruption is especially difficult to detect under China’s system of decentralized authoritarian …

focuses on various firm-external social constructions: legitimacy, reputation, and status, and how they impact the emergence …

Institutions influencing entrepreneurship are undergoing significant transformation in China. During the Mao era …, there has been an evolution of entrepreneur-friendly institutions in the country. A constellation of factors linked to China …

in China and the results analyzed using structural equation modeling. The findings show that China’s pragmatic version of … socialist ideology and certain dimensions of Chinese cultural values influence the growth of materialism. In turn, materialism … results and expand understanding of the basis for materialism in China. The paper discusses a number of important public …

reform in China that was rolled out between 2004 and 2010 with the explicit intention of shaping youths’ ideology. To measure … participation and democracy in China, increased trust in government officials, and a more skeptical view of free markets. …

This paper investigates China's pattern of decade-plus delays in implementing banking reforms. It identifies the …