A robust empirical literature suggests that the development of one's political ideology is the
product of an “elective affinity” between the discursive, socially constructed elements of …

Can autocratic policy generate incentives for the accumulation of social capital and political
engagement? This question is important to understand stability in authoritarian regimes that …

This research examines the content as well as underlying psychological motives of ideology
in East Asia. Adopting a mixed methods approach utilizing data from national samples in …

Previous research has identified the combined effects of Right‐Wing Authoritarianism (RWA)
and Social Dominance Orientation (SDO) on individuals' militant attitudes. Much of the …

To what extent do expert opinions affect public opinion in policy making? While most
existing studies were conducted in democracies, experts' influence under authoritarian …

Party systems are multidimensional spaces. Although classical work has pointed this out
already, empirical research lacked the tools to model these different dimensions empirically …

This dissertation aims to explore whether, amidst the significant trend of social
individualization, Chinese citizenship education can achieve its goal of cultivating the so …

Much academic interest has been devoted to understanding and explaining autocratization–
the process of moving away from democracy–in particular the structural and institutional …

This doctoral dissertation focuses on state and society relations in China in the context of
globalization through the case study of heavy metal music in China. It is built around …