03005nam 2200613 450 991045884180332120200520144314.00-7391-7089-9(CKB)2550000001279249(EBL)1680209(SSID)ssj0001195427(PQKBManifestationID)11773666(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001195427(PQKBWorkID)11155422(PQKB)10688743(MiAaPQ)EBC1680209(Au-PeEL)EBL1680209(CaPaEBR)ebr10865535(CaONFJC)MIL600820(OCoLC)878406005(EXLCZ)99255000000127924920140508h20122012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe failure of China's "democratic" reforms /Zaijun YuanLanham, Maryland ;Plymouth, England :Lexington Books,2012.©20121 online resource (193 p.)Challenges Facing Chinese Political DevelopmentDescription based upon print version of record.0-7391-8627-2 0-7391-6694-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 AuthorIn 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 democratiChallenges Facing Chinese Political DevelopmentDemocratizationChinaLocal electionsChinaChinaPolitics and government21st centuryElectronic books.DemocratizationLocal elections320.951Yuan Zaijun1974-976650MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910458841803321The failure of China's "democratic" reforms2224817UNINA