LEADER 03005nam 2200613 450 001 9910458841803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-7391-7089-9 035 $a(CKB)2550000001279249 035 $a(EBL)1680209 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001195427 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11773666 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001195427 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11155422 035 $a(PQKB)10688743 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1680209 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1680209 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10865535 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL600820 035 $a(OCoLC)878406005 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001279249 100 $a20140508h20122012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe failure of China's "democratic" reforms /$fZaijun Yuan 210 1$aLanham, Maryland ;$aPlymouth, England :$cLexington Books,$d2012. 210 4$dİ2012 215 $a1 online resource (193 p.) 225 1 $aChallenges Facing Chinese Political Development 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-7391-8627-2 311 $a0-7391-6694-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aTHE 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 330 $aIn its propaganda, the Chinese Communist Party does not deny the value of "democracy", but it insists that democracy in China can be only "socialist democracy with Chinese characteristics". The most essential nature of such "democracy" is that it is under the single-party system and it excludes multi-party politics and competitive elections. In recent years, "Chinese democracy" has won more support because of achievements the party has made in developing economy. This raises a question: does this "efficient" authoritarian political system in China, even if it is not democrati 410 0$aChallenges Facing Chinese Political Development 606 $aDemocratization$zChina 606 $aLocal elections$zChina 607 $aChina$xPolitics and government$y21st century 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aDemocratization 615 0$aLocal elections 676 $a320.951 700 $aYuan$b Zaijun$f1974-$0976650 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910458841803321 996 $aThe failure of China's "democratic" reforms$92224817 997 $aUNINA