POL 161 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Authoritarianism, Main Source, Liberal Democracy
Document Summary
Authoritarian parties like the ccp have two main goals: seek to hold on to power by eliminating real and perceived threats. Party has successfully achieved this so far. Maintains a monopoly on political power and faces no viable opposition. Generate popular support in order to achieve developmental goals without relying exclusively on repression each of these efforts has generated some degree of popular support for the party. Most chinese are optimistic that their incomes will continue to grow and the level of democracy will rise. Party enjoys high degree of performance legitimacy prospects for regime change in china. When people see their incomes rising, believe that the country is becoming more democratic, see the state finally starting to grapple with the provision of more and better public goods not a context for revolution. Party elites have shown no sign of shift in thinking.
