02974nam 2200733 450 991079198190332120210311111955.01-350-21859-61-283-07100-297866130710021-84813-821-010.5040/9781350218598(CKB)2560000000073153(EBL)688552(OCoLC)721195077(SSID)ssj0000534293(PQKBManifestationID)11339482(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000534293(PQKBWorkID)10493028(PQKB)11373480(MiAaPQ)EBC688552(Au-PeEL)EBL688552(CaPaEBR)ebr10464771(CaONFJC)MIL307100(OCoLC)731226419(CaBNVSL)9781350218598(EXLCZ)99256000000007315320210311h20212011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrBallot box China[electronic resource] grassroots democracy in the final major one-party state /Kerry BrownLondon, England :Zed Books,2011.[London, England] :Bloomsbury Publishing,20211 online resource (194 p.)Asian argumentsDescription based upon print version of record.1-84813-820-2 1-84813-819-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.A brief history of elections, democracy and civil society in modern China -- Democracy ... with Chinese characteristics -- The village election process -- The great debate: where is Chinese village democracy going? -- The big picture: elections as part of the dynamics of a society in change.Since 1988, China has undergone one of the largest, but least understood, experiments in grassroots democracy. Across 600,000 villages, with almost a million elections, some three million officials have been elected. This book looks at the history of the elections, how they arose, what they have achieved and where they might be going, exploring the specific experience of elections by those who have taken part in them - the villagers in some of the most deprived areas of China.Asian arguments.Local electionsChinaDemocratizationChinaLocal governmentChinaPolitics & governmentbicsscChinaPolitics and government1976-2002ChinaPolitics and government2002-Local electionsDemocratizationLocal governmentPolitics & government324.951009173/4Brown Kerry1967-1497895NCaBNVSLCaBNVSLBOOK9910791981903321Ballot box China3723204UNINA