LEADER 04459nam 2200673Ia 450 001 9910465066503321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-283-07100-2 010 $a9786613071002 010 $a1-84813-821-0 035 $a(CKB)2560000000073153 035 $a(EBL)688552 035 $a(OCoLC)721195077 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000534293 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11339482 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000534293 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10493028 035 $a(PQKB)11373480 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC688552 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL688552 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10464771 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL307100 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000073153 100 $a20110514d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aBallot box China$b[electronic resource] $egrassroots democracy in the final major one-party state /$fKerry Brown 210 $aLondon ;$aNew York $cZed Books$d2011 215 $a1 online resource (194 p.) 225 1 $aAsian arguments 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-84813-820-2 311 $a1-84813-819-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aAbout the author; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Map; Introduction; 1 A brief history of elections, democracy and civil society in modern China; Early elections; China's first election; The May 4th Movement, 1919; Meltdown; Mao, the Communists and democracy; The Chinese countryside: home to China's sorrow; Democracy Wall, the fifth modernisation and 1989; Mr Democracy's long, unfinished Chinese march; How is China governed today?; 2 Democracy... with Chinese characteristics; Socialism is great, but democracy is good; 'The Six Whys'; The Six Whys; Debating democracy at the Party School 327 $aThe White Paper on DemocracySame old same old; Other voices: consultative democracy; Many voices, one problem; The structure of administration in China; When things go wrong: village elections creating contention; 3 The village election process; The village election process: a short history; What does the law say?; Modern peasant uprisings: Renshou County, Sichuan; Why village elections?; Down to the countryside: Yali village; Elections on the edges: Yunnan; Enfranchisement in the cities: residence committees; Township elections; The township congress activist 327 $aForeign support and monitoring of electionsWhere the buck stops: the Party versus elected heads; Conclusion; China's Mr Democracy: Li Fan; 4 The great debate: where is Chinese village democracy going?; Competitiveness; 2009 : a year of no significance; Contention as the key link; 5 The big picture: elections as part of the dynamics of a society in change; Having a heart: the Hu era and consultative Leninism; Courts and the rule of law; Not for the faint of heart: the story of Gao Zhisheng; What happens to those who dare to petition; Civil society; Environmental NGOs 327 $aWhy the CCP wants to avoid becoming a second USSROrganised political opposition: the final frontier; Keeping its own house in order: democracy within the CCP; Back to the Party School; The blueprint of Storming the Fortress: the six pillars; General issues; Can it be done?; Last words; Notes; Introduction and Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Chapter 4; Chapter 5; Bibliography; Index 330 $aSince 1988, China has undergone one of the largest, but least understood, experiments in grassroots democracy. Across 600,000 villages, with almost a million elections, some three million officials have been elected. This book looks at the history of the elections, how they arose, what they have achieved and where they might be going, exploring the specific experience of elections by those who have taken part in them - the villagers in some of the most deprived areas of China. 410 0$aAsian arguments. 606 $aElections$zChina 606 $aDemocracy$zChina 607 $aChina$xPolitics and government$y1949- 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aElections 615 0$aDemocracy 676 $a324.951 676 $a324.951046 700 $aBrown$b Kerry$f1967-$0903391 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910465066503321 996 $aBallot box China$92019561 997 $aUNINA