| ID | 098101 |
| Title Proper | Giving the people a voice |
| Other Title Information | experiments with consultative authoritarian institutions in China |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Baogang He ; Thogersen, Stig |
| Publication | 2010. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | In the last decade Chinese consultative authoritarianism has been renewed through many political and administrative innovations and tools. Authoritarian rule in China is now permeated by a wide variety of consultative and deliberative practices. These practices stabilize and strengthen authoritarian rule, leading to deliberative authoritarianism, an advanced form of consultative authoritarianism. This paper discusses two experiments-deliberative polling at Zeguo, Zhejiang, and a township election in Ya'an, Sichuan. Through these two cases we examine the direction which the development of consultative authoritarianism is presently taking, and the potentials and limitations of such input mechanisms in an authoritarian setting. |
| `In' analytical Note | Journal of Contemporary China Vol. 19, No. 66; Sep 2010: p675-692 |
| Journal Source | Journal of Contemporary China Vol. 19, No. 66; Sep 2010: p675-692 |
| Key Words | People Voices ; China ; China - Communist Party ; CCP ; Political Reforms |