How Citizens Order Their Political Mind: Contemporary Ideology in China

Southern Political Science Association Annual Conference (San Juan, Puerto Rico), January 9-11 (2020)

10 Pages Posted: 23 Sep 2020

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Andrew W. MacDonald

Duke Kunshan University

Reza Hasmath

University of Alberta - Department of Political Science

Date Written: 2020

Abstract

This study tests whether Chinese citizens have a consistent ideological orientation across multiple and related political and policy issues. Using a representative online survey, we find relatively weak evidence that Chinese citizens have a consistent ideological orientation towards general and specific issue questions. These findings suggest that authoritarian regimes such as China may have different operations in play when it comes to ideological orientations; and more broadly, partially disconfirms received academic wisdom that general issue orientation is a universal trait across jurisdictions.

Keywords: ideology, political and policy preferences, citizens, China

Suggested Citation

MacDonald, Andrew W. and Hasmath, Reza, How Citizens Order Their Political Mind: Contemporary Ideology in China (2020). Southern Political Science Association Annual Conference (San Juan, Puerto Rico), January 9-11 (2020), Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3670668 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3670668

Andrew W. MacDonald

Duke Kunshan University ( email )

No. 8 Duke Avenue
Kunshan, Jiangsu 215316
China

Reza Hasmath (Contact Author)

University of Alberta - Department of Political Science ( email )

10-10 HM Tory Building
Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2H4
Canada

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