Political Participation in Communist China
Author: James Roger Townsend
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Published: 1969
Total Pages: 252
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Publisher: Univ of California Press
Published: 1969
Total Pages: 252
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Tianjian Shi
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 1997
Total Pages: 362
ISBN-13: 9780674686403
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →In this first scientific survey of political participation in the People's Republic of China, Tianjian Shi identifies twenty-eight participatory acts and groups them into seven areas: voting, campaign activities, appeals, adversarial activities, cronyism, resistance, and boycotts. What he finds will surprise many observers. Political participation in a closed society is not necessarily characterized by passive citizens driven by regime mobilization aimed at carrying out predetermined goals. Beijing citizens acknowledge that they actively engage in various voluntary participatory acts to articulate their interests. In a society where communication channels are controlled by the government, Shi discovers, access to information from unofficial means becomes the single most important determinant for people's engaging in participatory acts. Government-sponsored channels of appeal are easily accessible to ordinary citizens, so socioeconomic resources are unimportant in determining who uses these channels. Instead, voter turnout is found to be associated with the type of work unit a person belongs to, subjective evaluations of one's own economic status, and party affiliation. Those most likely to engage in campaign activities, adversarial activities, cronyism, resistance, and boycotts are the more disadvantaged groups in Beijing. While political participation in the West fosters a sense of identification, the unconventional modes of participation in Beijing undermine the existing political order.
Author: American Political Science Association
Publisher: Pergamon
Published: 1981
Total Pages: 352
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Published: 1968
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Study of political and social participation in China - comprises an analysis of (1) the role of popular participation in the political system, and (2) the place of contemporary patterns of political participation in relation to modern Chinese history, and covers political leadership, the communist political party, the pattern of government, social movements, decentralization, aspects of the educational system, political theory, the role of intellectuals, etc. Bibliography pp. 219 to 226.
Author: Xiaowei Zang
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2013-09-13
Total Pages: 176
ISBN-13: 1135081018
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book reveals the complex relationship between elite perceptions and behaviour, and governance, in China. It moves away from existing scholarship by focusing on functionaries, grass-roots elites, leading intellectuals, and opinion-makers in China and by looking beyond the top leadership, makes a significant contribution to our understanding of shared governance and broadened political participation in China. The chapters in this collection explore the elites’ role as opinion-makers, technical experts, producers of knowledge, and executives or managers, and pose a number of questions, the answers to which are crucial to understanding future political and economic development in China. What are elite perceptions of governance, inequality and justice; what do the elites mean by good governance; what is the influence of non-Chinese Communist Party elites in policy-making and implementation in China; how have they exerted their influence in the PRC and influenced its direction of future development; and what have grass-roots elites contributed to governance in local communities? Providing a keen insight into the role elites have played in governing China since 1978, this book is a pioneering effort to bring together elite studies and governance studies. As such, it will be highly relevant for policy-makers within international organizations, governments, and NGOs outside China as well as appealing to scholars and students interested in Chinese politics and governance.
Author: Wei Shan
Publisher: World Scientific
Published: 2016-08-30
Total Pages: 313
ISBN-13: 9814618578
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book attempts to provide an overview of social and political changes in Chinese society since the global financial crisis. Rapid economic development has restructured the setup of society and empowered or weakened certain social players. The chapters in this book provide an updated account of a wide range of social changes, including the rise of the middle class and private entrepreneurs, the declining social status of the working class, as well as the resurgence of non-governmental organisations and the growing political mobilisation on the internet. The authors also examine the implications of those changes for state-society relations, governance, democratic prospects, and potentially for the stability of the current political regime.
Author: Yang Zhong
Publisher: World Scientific
Published: 2006-02-06
Total Pages: 343
ISBN-13: 9814479365
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →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 the enormous difficulties China faces in reforming its political system and political culture, most are optimistic about the prospect of reform. Through theoretical discussions, the institutional analysis and other empirical methods in the book contribute to our understanding of Chinese politics in unique ways.