Shanruo Ning Zhang Chinese Politics book sku-985482724

Shanruo Ning Zhang's paperback, sku-985482724, is listed under Religion & Religious Studies Books. It examines how Confucian political culture operates in contemporary Chinese politics. The author argues that authoritarian political culture has functions similar to democratic political culture, using surveys, interviews, archives, Public Hearing Meeting records and Chinese Communist Party Congress Reports.

The book discusses how legitimating values support perceptions of government legitimacy and engaging values help people seek state resources and services. It also considers personal connections built on affection and trust, moral views of legal practice despite advocacy for the rule of law, and the use of a Confucian-derived 'people ideology' to legitimate Party governance and policies.