Political Participation In Rural China
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Political Participation In Rural China
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Author : John P. Burns
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1984
Political Participation In Rural China written by John P. Burns and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1984 with China categories.
Political Culture And Participation In Rural China
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Author : Yang Zhong
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2013-06-17
Political Culture And Participation In Rural China written by Yang Zhong and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-06-17 with Political Science categories.
Despite China’s rapid urbanisation and industrialisation, most Chinese still live in the vast countryside or have rural household registration. Although there was significant economic improvement in rural areas in the 1980s, the rural economy has been stagnating or deteriorating since then, and the book argues that the rural-urban income gap is giving rise to the potential for political instability throughout China. This book, based on extensive original research including interview fieldwork in rural areas, examines the nature of political culture and participation in rural China, discussing issues such as the support, or lack of it, for democratic values; levels of political interest; the ways in which Chinese peasants interact with village and local officials; subjective factors that motivate them to vote, (or not to vote) in village elections; and rural people’s views on market-oriented economic reforms, local and national government, and the Communist Party. The book argues that although hitherto peasants’ riots, sit-ins and demonstrations have been localised and uncoordinated, they are frequent, and have the potential to cause serious political crises for China’s rulers. It concludes by considering the future political development of China’s vast countryside.
Rural Democracy In China
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Author : Shi Tianjian
language : en
Publisher: World Scientific
Release Date : 2000-02-21
Rural Democracy In China written by Shi Tianjian and has been published by World Scientific this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000-02-21 with Political Science categories.
Why does the Chinese government allow village elections? What implications do these grass-roots level popular elections have for the democratization of China? By tracing the history of village level governance reform, one of the premier authorities on electoral reforms in China tackles these fundamental questions in this volume. According to the author, there are two roots to the emergence of village elections in China: structural changes in the village economy and bureaucratic politics. The author also identifies old guard Peng Zhen, himself victimized by lawlessness during the Cultural Revolution, and officials in the Ministry of Civil Affairs — an otherwise powerless bureaucracy that has jurisdiction over rural governance issues — as the driving force behind the reform in the government. The author believes that village elections have enormous political implications for China: they represent yet another aspect of “creeping democratization” of the country. Resistance from the status quo interests will be stiff, but democracy has a chance in the alliance between the disgruntled population and reform-minded elites in the leadership. Does economic prosperity increase the likelihood of political democracy? Using 1993 national survey data, the author examines the relationships between the level of economic development and the rate of semi-competitive village elections. Data analysis suggests that economic prosperity is positively associated with the occurrence of semi-competitive elections only to a certain point, above which the association turns negative. In other words, both the least and the most developed villages are less likely to hold semi-competitive elections for the chair of the village committee, which is officially defined as “an organization of self-governance of villagers”. The author also argues that rapid economic development may delay the process of political development because incumbent leaders can use newly acquired economic resources to consolidate their power. Contents:Electoral Reform in Rural China: The Critical First Step Toward DemocracyEconomic Development and Village Elections in Rural China Readership: General. Keywords:
Non Institutional Political Participation
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Author : Jiangshan Fang
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2015-11-30
Non Institutional Political Participation written by Jiangshan Fang and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-11-30 with Political Science categories.
By examining social transformation and political participation theories, this book focuses on the core concept of non-institutional political participation, which is classified into two types: induced participation and imposed participation. This classification has changed the tradition of dichotomizing political participation as either legal or illegal and enriched the conceptualization of political participation. Based on an investigation of the characteristics of Chinese peasants and the relations between interests, authority and political participation, the book examines the changes in interest structures and modes of control in rural China during the transformation period, and proposes a political participation model built upon mutual benefits.
Political Culture And Participation In Rural China
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Author : Yang Zhong
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2013
Political Culture And Participation In Rural China written by Yang Zhong and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013 with categories.
Despite China's rapid urbanisation and industrialisation, most Chinese still live in the vast countryside or have rural household registration. Although there was significant economic improvement in rural areas in the 1980s, the rural economy has been stagnating or deteriorating since then, and the book argues that the rural-urban income gap is giving rise to the potential for political instability throughout China. This book, based on extensive original research including interview fieldwork in rural areas, examines the nature of political culture and participation in rural China, discussing issues such as the support, or lack of it, for democratic values; levels of political interest; the ways in which Chinese peasants interact with village and local officials; subjective factors that motivate them to vote, (or not to vote) in village elections; and rural people's views on market-oriented economic reforms, local and national government, and the Communist Party. The book argues that although hitherto peasants' riots, sit-ins and demonstrations have been localised and uncoordinated, they are frequent, and have the potential to cause serious political crises for China's rulers. It concludes by considering the future political development of China's vast countryside.
Political Participation In Beijing
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Author : Tianjian Shi
language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date : 1997
Political Participation In Beijing written by Tianjian Shi and has been published by Harvard University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with History categories.
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.
Rural Democracy In China
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Author : B. He
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2007-09-17
Rural Democracy In China written by B. He and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-09-17 with Political Science categories.
This book examines village democracy and the prospects of China's democratization. It explains how three key factors - township, economy and kinship - shape village democracy and account for rural variations. It considers the extension of village to township elections, the idea of a mixed regime and its impact on political development in China.
Participation And Empowerment At The Grassroots
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Author : Gunter Schubert
language : en
Publisher: Lexington Books
Release Date : 2012
Participation And Empowerment At The Grassroots written by Gunter Schubert and has been published by Lexington Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with History categories.
This monograph ties in the scholarly debate on Chinese village elections and their consequences for China's political system. It draws on comparative fieldwork conducted in six villages in two counties in Jiangxi and Jilin Provinces and one district in Shenzhen between 2002 and 2005, producing data from some 140 in-depth interviews of villagers and local officials up to the prefectural level. The major objective of this book is as much a critical assessment of the research literature of Chinese village elections published over the last fifteen years as to sharpen the reader's sight for the scope and limits of this important reform to generate regime legitimacy in the local state, an issue which has so far been neglected in the study of Chinese village elections. It hence contributes to our understanding of the nexus between political participation and cadre accountability at the grassroots, and highlights a number of factors ensuring the persistence of one-party rule in contemporary China.
Grassroots Elections In China
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Author : Kevin J. O'Brien
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2014-07-22
Grassroots Elections In China written by Kevin J. O'Brien and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-07-22 with Political Science categories.
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.
China In Transition
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Author : D. Teather
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 1999-03-02
China In Transition written by D. Teather and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999-03-02 with Political Science categories.
The authors focus on the important, controversial issues and policies of contemporary China. These include new intellectual currents and re-assessment of socialism in the PRC, grassroots political participation in rural China, public maladministration and bureaucratic corruption, and legal reform.