How Modernization Theory Has Stumbled in China: A Political Interception Perspective

• In Event: Propaganda and Indoctrination in Contemporary China

Brief Overview

Is China an exception to modernization theory? Our findings identify the “interceptive” power of the state and its political indoctrination significantly explains political cultural backsliding。

Authors

• Yu Liu, Tsinghua University

• Yu-Sung Su, Tsinghua University

• Wenquan Wu, Tsinghua University