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Multifacial democracy: time to reassess values / Engibaryan, R   Journal Article
Engibaryan, R Journal Article
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Summary/Abstract THE FORM of individual participation in the political organization of the state that stems from and was upheld by European and Christian civilization throughout the development of mankind has undergone a metamorphosis, losing one set of features and acquiring another. No one can say that democracy as a form of expressing the will of the majority of the electorate is perfect. While its earlier forms were practiced in the comparatively small Greek republics and cities of France in the 18th century, both of which were monocultural and monoethnic societies, a fundamentally different reality applies today.
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Village elections and the rise of capitalist entrepreneurs / Yao, Yusheng   Journal Article
Yao, Yusheng Journal Article
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Publication 2012.
Summary/Abstract This study examines a series of four direct elections and their impact in an industrialized Chinese northern village. It finds that direct elections empowered villagers and the new economic elite to remove the old, entrenched and corrupt leadership. However, the few capitalist entrepreneurs who dominated the elections and the new leadership neither abided by the rules of political competition nor tried to govern democratically. On the other hand, villagers did not feel empowered to participate in the governing process despite the establishment of democratic institutions. After initial enthusiasm for direct elections, many villagers either became politically apathetic or felt helpless and nostalgic for the return of a benevolent authoritarian leader. This study finds that after four rounds of direct elections, little progress had been made in democratic elections and governance. This was mainly because the new economic elite did not want to be checked by democratic rules and institutions while villagers had not learned to use democratic institutions to hold their elected leaders accountable.
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