Author: Merle GoldmanPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : China
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
The Conference on Grassroots Political Reform in Contemporary China, October 29-31, at the Fairbank Center for East Asian Research
Author: Merle GoldmanGrassroots Political Reform in Contemporary China
Author: Elizabeth J. PerryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
Observers often note the glaring contrast between China’s economic progress and its stalled political reforms. This volume, written by experienced scholars, explores a range of grassroots efforts—initiated by the state and society alike—to restrain corrupt behavior and enhance the accountability of local authorities.
Towards Responsible Government in East Asia
Author: Linda Chelan LiPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135277990
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
This book explores the idea of responsible government in East Asia, arguing that many recent governance crises have resulted from responsibility failures on a huge scale. It distinguishes between accountability, which it argues has been overemphasised recently, and responsibility, which it argues goes beyond accountability, true responsible government involving the actor in feeling liable for and taking responsibility for his or her actions. It shows how historically the concept of responsibility is more embedded in political discussions in Asia, whereas the concepts of democracy and accountability are more embedded in the intellectual traditions of Europe, but that the challenges of revolution and post-revolution, decolonization and post-colonization and neo-liberal globalization have complicated matters. Drawing on a wide range of case studies from East Asia, and relating the concepts discussed to political theory, ethics and social psychology, the book shows how actors in government and society interact to deliberate, produce or distract from the practice and perception of “responsible government”, and suggests how the concept of “responsible government”, better defined, might be encouraged to produce better governance.
Communication in China
Author: Yuezhi ZhaoPublisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 9780742519664
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 390
Book Description
This authoritative study explores China's rapidly evolving polity, economy, and society through the prism of its communication system. Yuezhi Zhao offers a multifaceted, interdisciplinary analysis of communication in China and its central role in the struggle for control during the country's rise to global power. The industry in all its forms--ranging from the news media to entertainment outlets to the Internet--has been a critical battleground among different social forces in this period of wrenching change. The author explores alterations in the structure and content of Chinese communication in light of the rapid evolution of state-society relations to reveal the profoundly contradictory, conflicted, and uncertain nature of China's ongoing transformation.
The Logic and Limits of Political Reform in China
Author: Joseph FewsmithPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9781107612549
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
In the 1990s China embarked on a series of political reforms intended to increase, however modestly, political participation to reduce the abuse of power by local officials. Although there was initial progress, these reforms have largely stalled and, in many cases, gone backward. If there were sufficient incentives to inaugurate reform, why wasn't there enough momentum to continue and deepen them? This book approaches this question by looking at a number of promising reforms, understanding the incentives of officials at different levels, and the way the Chinese Communist Party operates at the local level. The short answer is that the sort of reforms necessary to make local officials more responsible to the citizens they govern cut too deeply into the organizational structure of the party.
Reform And Development In China: After 40 Years
Author: Wei ShanPublisher: World Scientific
ISBN: 9813274166
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 275
Book Description
This book provides a comprehensive review of China's experience in reform and opening up from political, social, and economic perspectives. It attempts to engage existing scholarly debates in three areas — first, how the party-state has evolved in the past four decades and whether it remains a Leninist system or has departed from this system; second, how public attitudes, values and behavior have been intertwined with institutional change, and how the state is expanding its welfare coverage to enhance regime legitimacy. Second, how China has attempted to explore new engines for its growth, with consideration towards environmental protection and technological progress.Chapters in this book are selected from three years of conference presentations co-organized by the Institute of Public Policy (IPP) at the South China University of Technology and UNESCO. Since 2014, IPP and UNESCO have co-hosted a series of annual international conferences and invited leading scholars from China, Europe, and the US to discuss the major challenges to China and the world.
Grassroots Elections in China
Author: Kevin J. O'BrienPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317987209
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 199
Book Description
Twenty years after the launch of village elections, the time is ripe to assess the progress and impact of China’s most notable political reform. Where have elections been conducted well and where have they been conducted poorly? How have procedures changed over the years and have elections truly transformed how power is exercised in the countryside? What methods are researchers employing to study elections and how have scholars from different disciplines contributed to our knowledge of grassroots politics in China? This book carefully examines the implementation and effects of China’s village, township, and people’s congress elections, both in terms of democratizing the polity and spurring other changes in state-society relations. The chapters in this book have been published across several issues of the Journal of Contemporary China.
The Political Economy of Reform in Post-Mao China
Author: Elizabeth J. PerryMuddling Toward Democracy
Author: Anne F. ThurstonPublisher:
ISBN: 9780756700478
Category : China
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Among the most significant political reforms implemented by the Chinese government since 1989 is the introduction of competitive elections into rural villages. This study examines China's efforts to bring competitive elections to the country's rural areas & attempts to explain why local democracy has proved more successful in some places than in others. The study also attempts to reintroduce China-as-China into public dialogue. Chapters: rural Sichuan Province, Nov. 1995; the roots of political reform in China's villages; the varieties of village self-governance; the requisites for success; & the U. S. response to Chinese political reform.
Muddling Toward Democracy
Author: Anne F. ThurstonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : China
Languages : en
Pages : 72
Book Description
The reader is sure to find this report an important contribution to the ongoing debate in the United States about U.S.-Sino relations.