Legitimation, Kooptation und Repression in der Volksrepublik China

Abstract: "This article examines the interaction of legitimation, cooptation, and repression in China's authoritarian consolidation. It shows that the totalitarian regime under Mao Zedong was characterized by a low degree of performance and cooptation and that it had to rely on extreme repression and ideological indoctrination to stay in power. After the death of Mao Zedong, the character of the regime changed markedly. The new elites made sparing use of repression and indoctrination but did not compensate the abdication of coercive and ideological control with increases in the performance or cooptation of powerful social groups. This induced a power vacuum, in which popular discontent against increasing corruption, rising inequality, and high inflation fermented. The student demonstrations of 1989, which quickly spread to include other population groups, were an expression of this discontent. Learning from this crisis, the communist party leadership subsequently initiated reforms to increas

Location
Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
Extent
Online-Ressource
Language
Deutsch
Notes
Veröffentlichungsversion
begutachtet
In: Totalitarismus und Demokratie ; 9 (2012) 1 ; 147-168

Classification
Geschichte Asiens
Keyword
Mao, Zedong
Legitimation
Unterdrückung
Kooptation
China
New York, NY

Event
Veröffentlichung
(where)
Mannheim
(when)
2012
Creator
Goebel, Christian

URN
urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-384521
Rights
Open Access unbekannt; Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
Last update
15.08.2025, 7:24 AM CEST

Data provider

This object is provided by:
Deutsche Nationalbibliothek. If you have any questions about the object, please contact the data provider.

Associated

  • Goebel, Christian

Time of origin

  • 2012

Other Objects (12)