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Record Nr.

UNINA9910813072603321

Titolo

Debating political reform in China : rule of law vs. democratization / / Suisheng Zhao, editor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Armonk, N.Y. : , : M.E. Sharpe, , 2006

ISBN

1-317-47329-9

1-315-70525-7

1-317-47330-2

1-280-91280-4

9786610912803

0-7656-2191-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xv, 295 pages)

Collana

Gale eBooks

Disciplina

320.951

Soggetti

Rule of law - China

Democratization - China

China Politics and government 1976-2002

China Politics and government 2002-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"An East Gate Book."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction / Suisheng Zhao -- Toward a consultative rule of law regime in China / Pan Wei -- Political liberalization without democratization : Pan Wei's proposal for political reform / Suisheng Zhao -- A government of laws : democracy, rule of law, and administrative law reform in China / Randall Peerenboom -- The rule of law as transition to democracy in China / Larry Diamond -- A comparative politics of democratization in China / Edward Friedman -- Pan Wei's consultative rule of law regime and reforming authoritarianism in China / Gunter Schubert -- Toward the rule of law : why China's path will be different from the West / Baohui Zhang -- The people's court in transition : the prospects for Chinese judicial reform / Qianfan Zhang -- State power and unbalanced legal development in China / Yongshun Cai, Songcai Yang -- Law and labor in post-Mao China / Yunqiu Zhang -- The Internet and emerging civil society in China / Guobin Yang -- The Internet and single-party rule in China /



Tamara Renee Shie -- Toward a rule of law regime : political reform under China's fourth generation of leadership / Suisheng Zhao -- Reflections on "consultative rule of law regime" : a response to my critics / Pan Wei.

Sommario/riassunto

Brings the ongoing debate to life and explores the options for political reform. Offering the perspectives of both Western and Chinese scholars, this book presents the controversial argument for building a consultive rule of law regime as an alternative to liberal democracy, providing several critiques of this thesis.