Lottery Fulfillment: Expectation Buffer, Diffusive Co-optation and Legitimacy in China

• In Event: Public Opinion and Political Attitude in China

Brief Overview

Using three social survey data, this paper highlights a unique and diffusive “lottery fulfilment” mechanism that maintains political stability within an authoritarian rule, based on the evidence from China.

Authors

• Xuehan Li, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

• Xinhong Huang, Renmin University of China