Political civilization and modernization in China [[electronic resource] ] : the political context of China's transformation / / edited by Yang Zhong, Shiping Hua

• Pubblicazione: Hackensack, NJ ; ; London, : World Scientific, c2006
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (343 p.)
• Disciplina: 306.2/0951
• Soggetto topico: Political culture - China; Democracy - China
• Soggetto geografico: China Politics and government Congresses
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: ZhongYang <1960-> HuaShiping
• Note generali: Papers delivered at the international conference "Political Civilization and Modernization in China : the Political Context of China's Transformation," held in Beijing on June 11-12, 2004.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Acknowledgments; Editors/List of Contributors; Introduction Yang Zhong and Shiping Hua; 1. The Essence of Promoting "Political Civilization" in China: Institution Building Weixing Chen; DECENTRALIZATION UNDER DENG XIAOPING AND ITS RAMIFICATION; INSTITUTION BUILDING UNDER JIANG ZEMIN'S POLITICS OF ADAPTATION; BUILDING A NEW POLITICAL ORDER IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY; CONCLUSION; 2. Corruption and Institution-building in Transitional China Yufan Hao; INTRODUCTION; THE SOURCES OF CHINA'S CORRUPTION; THE CHANGING CONCEPTION OF CORRUPTION; DRAWING THE LINE BETWEEN THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE ; CORRUPTION AND LEGAL RESPONSESCONCLUSION: PROSPECT FOR INSTITUTIONALIZING THE CHANGES; 3. From Conflicts to Convergence: Modernity and the Changing Chinese Political Culture Baogang Guo; INTRODUCTION; THE STATE OF CHINESE POLITICAL CULTURES; THE TRADITIONAL BELIEF SYSTEM OF POLITICAL LEGITIMATIZATION; THE COMMUNIST BELIEF SYSTEM OF POLITICAL LEGITIMACY: FROM REVOLUTION TO REFORMATION; Revolutionary Legitimacy; Reform and Rationalization; MODERNIZATION AND LIBERAL CHALLENGES; FROM CONFLICTS TO CONVERGENCE WITH MODERNITY; Revolutionary Subculture (b); Idealist and Utopian Subculture (d) ; Social Democratic Subculture (f)CONCLUSION; 4. Democratic Values among Chinese Peasantry: An Empirical Study Yang Zhong; INTRODUCTION; DATA; SUPPORT OF CORE DEMOCRATIC VALUES AMONG JIANGSU PEASANTS; SOCIOPOLITICAL AND ECONOMIC FACTORS INFLUENCING DEMOCRATIC VALUES; Socioeconomic Satisfaction; Income; Political Satisfaction; Free Market Values; Political Efficacy; Support for Political Reform; KEY SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC VARIABLES; Age; Education; Gender; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; CONCLUDING REMARKS; 5. Democracy and the Governing Party ( ): A Theoretical Perspective Brantly Womack ; THE LIMITS OF LEGISLATIVE DEMOCRACYA CHINESE PATH?; PARTY-STATE DEMOCRACY; THE FEASIBILITY OF PARTY-STATE DEMOCRACY; 6. Self-Reform within Authoritarian Regimes: Reallocations of Power in Contemporary China Sophie Richardson; INTRODUCTION; CHINA AND THE REGIME LITERATURE; MECHANISMS OF CHANGE; Economic and Political Reforms in the Countryside; The Chinese Communist Party; THE CONSEQUENCES OF REFORM; CONCLUSION; 7. Political and Practical Obstacles to Reform of the Judiciary and the Establishment of a Rule of Law in China Jean-Pierre Cabestan ; AN AUTHORITARIAN AND REPRESSSIVE POLITICAL-LEGAL SYSTEMTOWARD AUTHORITARIAN LEGAL MODERNITY AND JUDICIAL FAIRNESS?; THE MAIN OBSTACLES TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AN INDEPENDENT JUDICIARY AND A SOCIALIST RULE BY LAW; The Lack of Financial and Human Resources; Corruption; Local Protectionism; CONCLUSION; 8. Public Participation and the Democratization of Chinese Governance Jamie P. Horsley; THE ROOTS OF PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN CHINA; THE LESSONS OF VILLAGE SELF-GOVERNANCE; REFINEMENT AND SPREAD OF PARTICIPATORY CONCEPTS; THE POLICY JUSTIFICATIONS; THE LEGAL CONTEXT FOR PUBLIC PARTICIPATION ; ADMINISTRATIVE AND LEGISLATIVE HEARINGS
• Sommario/riassunto: This volume is the first comprehensive study of China's "political civilization" since the term was introduced by then Party Secretary Jiang Zemin in 2002. Selected among about 200 papers delivered at an international conference in Beijing in 2004, this collection of ten essays discusses the relations between "political civilization" and political reform in China from the different perspectives of institution building, political culture, political theory, intra-party democracy, political participation, judiciary reform, legislative reform, and media reform. While the contributors are aware of
• Titolo autorizzato: Political civilization and modernization in China
• ISBN: 1-281-90909-2; 9786611909093; 981-270-728-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910453386603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Series on Contemporary China