Ballot box China [[electronic resource] ] : grassroots democracy in the final major one-party state / / Kerry Brown

• Autore: Brown Kerry <1967->
• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York, : Zed Books, 2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (194 p.)
• Disciplina: 324.951; 324.951046
• Soggetto topico: Elections - China; Democracy - China
• Soggetto geografico: China Politics and government 1949-
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: About 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 ; The 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 ; Foreign 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 ; Why 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Ballot box China
• ISBN: 1-283-07100-2; 9786613071002; 1-84813-821-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910465066503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Asian arguments.