Justification of modern political order: on Fukuyama’s theory of Chinese governance

Jiantao Ren

Journal of Chinese Governance, 2016, vol. 1, issue 3, 488-505

Abstract: Fukuyama tried to expound political development in contemporary China and justify its universal effectiveness, with the interpretation mode of modern political order supported by the state, rule of law and accountability. It is appropriate to describe, analyze and conclude that current political development in China is under the circumstance of a powerful state, weak rule of law, and soft accountability. However, because of the absence of the premise of interpretation, it is doubted that Fukuyama’s interpretation mode of modern political order, which is supported by three pillars, is universally effective. It remains unsolved that the standard of defining modern state is much vaguer rather than clearer, the course of China’s development is more unpredictable rather than more explicit, and that the construction of modern political order is more evasive rather than more certain. In general, Fukuyama’s interpretation of modern political order is restrained within its positive approach. Therefore, his task of implementing normative interpretation in order to justify modern political order remains unaccomplished.

Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1080/23812346.2016.1212781

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