Public Participation and State Building in China : Case Studies from Zhejiang

agan Pavlicevic

ISBN 10: 0367280922 / ISBN 13: 9780367280925

Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2019

Zustand: Sehr gut | Sprache: Englisch | Produktart: Bücher | This book explores non-electoral means of public participation in contemporary China, both as an outcome of and a key contributor to the party-state's efforts to improve its governing capacity. Examining consultative meetings, public hearings, and the use of surveys and questionnaires in Zhejiang province, on an empirical level, the study evaluates the historical development and institutional backgrounds of these mechanisms, as well as provides a critical assessment of their achievements and failures. At the same time, on a theoretical level, this book contributes to the broader scholarship on contemporary Chinese politics and political development within one-party regimes, as well as debates about state building and democratisation. Relying on the distinction between access to and exercise of power, it concludes that non-electoral public participation is in fact a function of state building. Developing a state capable of producing effective solutions to governing challenges, it is argued, requires public participation in the governing process. With analysis informed by interviews with local-level policy-makers and officials, academics, and citizens' representatives and activists, Public Participation and State Building in China will be a valuable research resource for students and scholars of Chinese politics, political science, and civil society. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 35649946/2

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This book explores non-electoral means of public participation in contemporary China, both as an outcome of and a key contributor to the party-state's efforts to improve its governing capacity.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor:

Dragan Pavli¿evi¿ is an Associate Professor in China Studies at Xi'an

Jiaotong - Liverpool University, China. He holds a PhD from the University

of Nottingham and was previously Visiting Research Fellow at the East

Asian Institute, National University of Singapore.

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Titel: Public Participation and State Building in ...
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Erscheinungsdatum: 2019
Einband: Hardcover
Zustand: Sehr gut