The Failure of China's Democratic Reforms

Informationen zum Autor Zaijun Yuan was a lecturer in Chinese Studies at Monash University. Klappentext The scope of the book is political science and China studies with a focus on China's local politics. Based on analyzing the data and facts from various sources, the book answers such key questions in China studies as whether China will be democratized in the near future and whether China's political system will continue into the future. Zusammenfassung The scope of the book is political science and China studies with a focus on China's local politics. Based on analyzing the data and facts from various sources! the book answers such key questions in China studies as whether China will be democratized in the near future and whether China's political system will continue into the future. Inhaltsverzeichnis ContentsForewordPrefaceAcknowledgmentsChapter 1: IntroductionChapter 2: "Direct Elections" for Township ExecutivesChapter 3: "Inner-Party Democracy" and the Experiments of Direct Elections for Township Party SecretariesChapter 4: Another Form of "Inner-Party Democracy": The Party Congress ReformChapter 5: The Experiments with "Deliberative Democracy"Chapter 6: A Reform Instigated from the Outside of the Bureaucratic System: Independent Candidates in China's Local Congress ElectionsConclusionBibliographyIndex

Product details

• Authors: Zaijun Yuan, Yuan Zaijun
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.12.2011
• EAN: 9780739166949
• ISBN: 978-0-7391-6694-9
• No. of pages: 195
• Series: Challenges Facing Chinese Poli; Challenges Facing Chinese Political Development
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; China, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Constitutions, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Asian, Constitution: government & the state, Constitution: government and the state