tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3030386.post113057341396802897..comments2007-03-10T02:45:48.636-08:00Cherianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17643148647244239556noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3030386.post-1135846219113378052005-12-29T00:50:00.000-08:002005-12-29T00:50:00.000-08:00

I'm joining this discussion late, but I thought your paper was spot-on in describing the PAP's approach to dissent as one of "calibrated coercion". I also felt that there were interesting parallels between the PAP's coercive responses to dissent and the way it seeks to maintain its ideological hegemony. <BR/><BR/>Unlike more harshly authoritarin regimes - such as the KMT in Taiwan in the 1960s-

Sleepless in NYCnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3030386.post-1133830581784542102005-12-05T16:56:00.000-08:002005-12-05T16:56:00.000-08:00

Hi<BR/><BR/>I've just read the academic paper that provoked this correspondence. First thing to say is that I think it's a really interesting and valuable paper.<BR/><BR/>I'd like to pose some questions though regarding your approach to the concept of legitimacy and its relationship with compliance. This springs from your use of Held's scale of motivations for compliance. This list strkes me as

Jon Symonsnoreply@blogger.com