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Record Nr.

UNINA9910458841803321

Autore

Yuan Zaijun <1974->

Titolo

The failure of China's "democratic" reforms / / Zaijun Yuan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland ; ; Plymouth, England : , : Lexington Books, , 2012

©2012

ISBN

0-7391-7089-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (193 p.)

Collana

Challenges Facing Chinese Political Development

Disciplina

320.951

Soggetti

Democratization - China

Local elections - China

Electronic books.

China Politics and government 21st century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

THE FAILURE OF CHINA'S ""DEMOCRATIC"" REFORMS; Contents; Tables and Figures; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 ""Direct Elections"" for Township Executives; Chapter 3 ""Inner-Party Democracy"" and the Experiments of Direct Elections for Township Party Secretaries; Chapter 4 Another Form of ""Inner-Party Democracy"": the Party Congress Reform; Chapter 5 The Experiments with ""Deliberative Democracy""; Chapter 6 Independent Candidates in China's Local People's Congress Elections; Chapter 7 Conclusion; Bibliography; Index; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

In its propaganda, the Chinese Communist Party does not deny the value of "democracy", but it insists that democracy in China can be only "socialist democracy with Chinese characteristics". The most essential nature of such "democracy" is that it is under the single-party system and it excludes multi-party politics and competitive elections. In recent years, "Chinese democracy" has won more support because of achievements the party has made in developing economy. This raises a question: does this "efficient" authoritarian political system in China, even if it is not democrati