Remodeling Democracy - Managed Elections Mobilized Representation in Chinese Local

In Remodeling Democracy, Zhongyuan Wang argues that the Chinese Communist Party uses formal democratic institutions to sustain its rule. These institutions combined with the Party's leadership and the rule of law form a "socialist democracy" that serves as an alternative to liberal democracy.

Table des matières

Chapter 1: Introduction and Overview
Chapter 2: Research Design and Methodologies
Chapter 3: Institutional Design and Development of Chinese Congress
Chapter 4: Playing by the Rules: How China's Party Regime Manufactures Certainties in Direct Congressional Elections
Chapter 5: Closing the Window of Opportunity: The Party Regime's Adapted Strategies for Managing Independent Candidates
Chapter 6: Engineering Representation:Mobilized Representation in Chinese Local Congresses
Chapter 7: Conditions for Regime Consolidation by Elections
Chapter 8: Conclusion and Looking Forward

A propos de l'auteur

Zhongyuan Wang is assistant professor at Fudan University and research fellow at the Fudan Institute for Advanced Study in Social Sciences (IAS-Fudan).

Résumé

In Remodeling Democracy, Zhongyuan Wang argues that the Chinese Communist Party uses formal democratic institutions to sustain its rule. These institutions combined with the Party’s leadership and the rule of law form a “socialist democracy” that serves as an alternative to liberal democracy.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Zhongyuan Wang
• Edition: Rowman and Littlefield
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 30.11.2020
• EAN: 9781793621085
• ISBN: 978-1-79362-108-5
• Pages: 340
• Thèmes: Challenges Facing Chinese Political Development; Challenges Facing Chinese Poli
• Catégories: Sciences sociales, droit, économie > Sciences politiques > Sciences politiques et formation politique; Asia, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Asian, Politics & government, Political structures: democracy, Politics and government, Political campaigning & advertising, Political campaigning and advertising, Elections & referenda, Elections and referenda / suffrage, Political structures / systems: democracy