Failed Liberalism and the Seeds of Revolution: Russian and Chinese Constitutional Reform at the Turn of the Twentieth Century

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dc.contributor.authorMorrissette, Jason Jesseeen
dc.contributor.committeechairBorer, Douglas A.en
dc.contributor.committeememberTaylor, Charles L.en
dc.contributor.committeememberCorntassel, Jeffrey J.en
dc.contributor.departmentPolitical Scienceen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T20:36:53Zen
dc.date.adate2001-05-22en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T20:36:53Zen
dc.date.issued2001-05-10en
dc.date.rdate2002-05-22en
dc.date.sdate2001-05-15en
dc.description.abstractAt the turn of the twentieth century, the imperial regimes of Russia and China underwent periods of political and constitutional reform unprecedented in the long histories of both states. This paper explores the conceptualization of Weberian legitimacy as it applies to these turn-of-the-century trends of political reform in Russia and China. I argue that both external and internal challenges to the legitimacy of the traditional power structures in each state gave rise to and, in effect, necessitated these reforms. Moreover, I contend that the failure of these political reforms to establish meaningful norms of representative government in Russia and China further exacerbated the challenges to the legitimacy faced by each state and subsequently fomented the revolutions that ultimately brought these periods of constitutional reform to an end. In a brief epilogue, the paper examines the possible parallels between these periods at the turn of the twentieth century and contemporary power structures and challenges to legitimacy in these states.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Artsen
dc.identifier.otheretd-05152001-113704en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-05152001-113704/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/32787en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartjthesis.pdfen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectDemocratizationen
dc.subjectRussiaen
dc.subjectChinaen
dc.subjectLegitimacyen
dc.titleFailed Liberalism and the Seeds of Revolution: Russian and Chinese Constitutional Reform at the Turn of the Twentieth Centuryen
dc.typeThesisen
thesis.degree.disciplinePolitical Scienceen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Artsen

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