Politics in China since 1949 : legitimizing authoritarian rule /
Weatherley, Robert,1967-
London : Routledge,
2006.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [181]-192) and index.
Legitimizing the new regime : the early post-revolutionary years -- Mass participation and mass legitimacy : the great leap forward -- A crisis of legitimacy : the great proletarian cultural revolution -- Redefining party legitimacy : the succession to Mao and the rise of Deng -- New era new crisis : problems of legitimacy in the 1980s -- In search of new paradigms of legitimacy : China since Tiananmen -- Biography of Chinese leaders.
Legitimacy of governments
Authoritarianism