UID:
almafu_9959230099102883
Format:
1 online resource (293 p.)
ISBN:
1-134-75456-6
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1-134-75457-4
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1-280-21816-9
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0-203-44088-9
Series Statement:
Routledge studies: China in transition ; [1]
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
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-203-28006-7
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-415-14764-6
Language:
English
DOI:
10.4324/9780203440889