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Record Nr.

UNINA9910779950003321

Autore

He Baogang <1957, >

Titolo

The democratization of China / / Baogang He

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1996

ISBN

1-134-75456-6

1-134-75457-4

1-280-21816-9

0-203-44088-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (293 p.)

Collana

Routledge studies: China in transition ; ; [1]

Disciplina

320.951/09/049

Soggetti

Democracy - China

Political science - China

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 (p. [249]-268) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of tables; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Models of Democracy; The radical model of populist democracy; The official model of paternalistic democracy; The liberal model of democracy; The liberal model of democracy extended; Human rights, natural rights and limits on rights; The problem of evil and redesigning democratic institutions; The problem of exceptions: a defence of procedural democracy; Infusing a rights-based morality into political institutions; Preconditions for liberal democracy; Cultural conditions: dual roles of political culture

Social conditions: dual roles of semi-civil societyLegitimization and democratization in a transitional China; Conclusion: reflections on Chinese democratization; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book examines three competing models of democracy in China: populist, paternalistic and liberal.