Although recent decades have shown much interest in the possibility of democratizing China, Chinese understandings of democracy remain understudied. Considering that these domestic understandings shape the Chinese polity now and in the future, this book examines the Chinese theory of democratic centralism that perceives democracy as communication between leaders and led. This study compares this theory with various Western traditions of democracy, not only with the standard liberal theory but also with traditions of participatory and deliberative democracy. It examines consequences the...
Although recent decades have shown much interest in the possibility of democratizing China, Chinese understandings of democracy remain understudied. C...
This book will use thorough empirical research to criticize and expand the narrow understanding of civil society used in Chinese studies. Based on ethnographic research undertaken among activists in China and Taiwan, the book examines issues such as inequalities within civil society, mobilizatory skills needed for civil society activities, and technologies to maintain the boundary between the state and the society.
This book will use thorough empirical research to criticize and expand the narrow understanding of civil society used in Chinese studies. Based on eth...
