Format:
Online-Ressource (293 p)
ISBN:
9780415147644
Series Statement:
Routledge Studies on China in Transition
Content:
This book examines three competing models of democracy in China: populist, paternalistic and liberal
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of tables; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Models of Democracy; The radical model of populist democracy; The official model of paternalistic democracy; The liberal model of democracy; The liberal model of democracy extended; Human rights, natural rights and limits on rights; The problem of evil and redesigning democratic institutions; The problem of exceptions: a defence of procedural democracy; Infusing a rights-based morality into political institutions; Preconditions for liberal democracy; Cultural conditions: dual roles of political culture
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Social conditions: dual roles of semi-civil societyLegitimization and democratization in a transitional China; Conclusion: reflections on Chinese democratization; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780203440889
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780415147644
Additional Edition:
Print version Democratisation of China
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books
