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ID173456
Title ProperVillage Elections, Grassroots Governance and the Restructuring of State Power
Other Title Informationan Empirical Study in Southern Peri-urban China
LanguageENG
AuthorWong, Siu Wai ;  Siu Wai Wong (a1), Bo-sin Tang (a2) and Jinlong Liu ;  Liu, Jinlong ;  Tang, Bo-sin
Summary / Abstract (Note)China's urbanization has revitalized grassroots governance under which millions of villagers have become increasingly keen to participate in grassroots elections and influence decision making in their village affairs. To maintain its political legitimacy over a rapidly transforming society, the authoritarian party-state has progressively promoted open, competitive grassroots elections in response to the increasing demand by villagers for more public participation. Based on in-depth field research in urbanizing villages in southern China, this article provides an empirical analysis of how the local state has adopted different interventionist strategies in elections to support villagers’ active participation while sustaining its direct leadership over daily village governance. Our findings explain why the recent development of open and transparent grassroots elections is reinforcing the ruling capacity of the socialist state rather than enhancing self-governance and grassroots democracy, although villagers now have more opportunities to defend their economic and social rights through elections.
`In' analytical NoteChina Quarterly, No.241; Mar 2020: p.22-42
Journal SourceChina Quarterly No 241
Key WordsState intervention ;  Election ;  China ;  Governance ;  Urbanization ;  Public Participation


 
 
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