Awards and Philanthropy
Legitimation
Awards and philanthropy function as legitimation tools through which authoritarian states cultivate foreign elites, confer credibility on aligned actors and narratives, and embed state influence within target societies’ prestige economies by exploiting the cultural presumption that generosity signals goodwill rather than strategic intent.
Awards and philanthropy function as legitimation tools through which authoritarian states cultivate foreign elites, confer credibility on aligned actors and narratives, and embed state influence within target societies’ prestige economies by exploiting the cultural presumption that generosity signals goodwill rather than strategic intent.
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Citation
BibTeX citation:
@article{li2026,
author = {Li, E. Rosalie},
title = {Awards and {Philanthropy}},
date = {2026-02-17},
url = {https://fimi.infoepi.org/mechanisms/awards-and-philanthropy.html},
langid = {en}
}
For attribution, please cite this work as:
Li, E. Rosalie. 2026. “Awards and Philanthropy,” February.
https://fimi.infoepi.org/mechanisms/awards-and-philanthropy.html.