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Asian power and politics: the cultural dimensions of authority
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This article is published in International Affairs.The article was published on 1986-04-01. It has received 35 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Power (social and political) & Hofstede's cultural dimensions theory.read more
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Political Culture and Regime Type: Evidence from Nicaragua and Costa Rica
TL;DR: The authors used survey data from Nicaragua and Costa Rica to examine this linkage by testing the thesis that Costa Rica, Latin America's oldest democracy, should exhibit higher levels of support for democratic norms than would Nicaragua, a country that up through the date of the survey (1989) had not experienced full formal democratic governance.
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Taking Soft Power Seriously
TL;DR: This paper developed a theory about the conditions under which state efforts to employ soft power will most likely to succeed, and examined the plausibility of their theoretical claims through an examination of U.S. attempts to use soft power in the Iraq War, the war on terror, and democracy promotion.
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The Effect of Government Policy and Institutions on Chinese Overseas Acculturation: The Case of Malaysia
TL;DR: In this article, the authors look at how Malaysia's political institutions and policies have constrained Chinese acculturation with the dominant Malay population, and how these political institutions, and not just the coercive apparatus of the state, coupled with the way the Constitution defines a person as 'Malay', effectively maintain a distinct boundary between who is Malay and who is Chinese or Indian.
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Hegemonic authoritarianism and singapore: Economics, ideology and the asian economic crisis
TL;DR: This article proposed a new approach for understanding authoritarianism based on Gramsci's theory of hegemony, which focuses directly on issues of legitimacy and popular perception and offers valuable insights into phenomena (e.g., popular dictatorship, soft authoritarianism, and fascism) that would otherwise be dismissed as exceptions to the rule.
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Political Culture and Regime Type: Evidence from Nicaragua and Costa Rica
TL;DR: The authors used survey data from Nicaragua and Costa Rica to examine this linkage by testing the thesis that Costa Rica, Latin America's oldest democracy, should exhibit higher levels of support for democratic norms than would Nicaragua, a country that up through the date of the survey (1989) had not experienced full formal democratic governance.
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Taking Soft Power Seriously
TL;DR: This paper developed a theory about the conditions under which state efforts to employ soft power will most likely to succeed, and examined the plausibility of their theoretical claims through an examination of U.S. attempts to use soft power in the Iraq War, the war on terror, and democracy promotion.
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The Effect of Government Policy and Institutions on Chinese Overseas Acculturation: The Case of Malaysia
TL;DR: In this article, the authors look at how Malaysia's political institutions and policies have constrained Chinese acculturation with the dominant Malay population, and how these political institutions, and not just the coercive apparatus of the state, coupled with the way the Constitution defines a person as 'Malay', effectively maintain a distinct boundary between who is Malay and who is Chinese or Indian.
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Hegemonic authoritarianism and singapore: Economics, ideology and the asian economic crisis
TL;DR: This article proposed a new approach for understanding authoritarianism based on Gramsci's theory of hegemony, which focuses directly on issues of legitimacy and popular perception and offers valuable insights into phenomena (e.g., popular dictatorship, soft authoritarianism, and fascism) that would otherwise be dismissed as exceptions to the rule.