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Polarization and Challenged Regime Legitimacy in East Asia

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DOI: 10.25236/icepbm.2018.08

Author(s)

Yi Chen

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Yi Chen

Abstract

This paper explains how ordinary citizens are becoming increasingly polarized about the legitimacy of the regime. Two major findings are concluded: (1) although overall regime legitimacy is higher in authoritarian regimes when compared to democracies, it is also more polarized; (2) it is found that greater polarization on the dimension of "process legitimacy" when compared to the dimension of "result legitimacy."

Keywords

Regime legitimacy, Ideological polarization, Legitimacy crisis, Political trust, Government performance.