The China Model - Political Meritocracy and the Limits of Democracy

"A sophisticated and sincerely empathetic corrective to the absolutism and triumphalism of an unquestioned faith in American-style electoral democracy." ---Paul Evans, Pacific Affairs Daniel A. Bell is dean of the School of Political Science and Public Administration at Shandong University in Qingdao. Klappentext Westerners tend to divide the political world into "good" democracies and "bad" authoritarian regimes. But the Chinese political model does not fit neatly in either category. Over the past three decades, China has evolved a political system that can best be described as "political meritocracy." The China Model seeks to understand the ideals and the Zusammenfassung Westerners tend to divide the political world into "good" democracies and "bad" authoritarian regimes. But the Chinese political model does not fit neatly in either category. Over the past three decades, China has evolved a political system that can best be described as "political meritocracy." The China Model seeks to understand the ideals and the

Product details

• Authors: Daniel Bell, Daniel A. Bell
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 16.06.2015
• EAN: 9780691166452
• ISBN: 978-0-691-16645-2
• No. of pages: 336
• Dimensions: 165 mm x 245 mm x 25 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; China, Political Ideologies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Asian, Political structure & processes, Political ideologies and movements, Political structure and processes