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Grassroots Elections in China

Kevin O'Brien editor Suisheng Zhao editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd

Published:4th Oct '10

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Twenty years after the launch of village elections, the time is ripe to assess the progress and impact of China’s most notable political reform. Where have elections been conducted well and where have they been conducted poorly? How have procedures changed over the years and have elections truly transformed how power is exercised in the countryside? What methods are researchers employing to study elections and how have scholars from different disciplines contributed to our knowledge of grassroots politics in China?

This book carefully examines the implementation and effects of China’s village, township, and people’s congress elections, both in terms of democratizing the polity and spurring other changes in state-society relations.

The chapters in this book have been published across several issues of the Journal of Contemporary China.

"Grassroots Elections in China is an indispensable work for anyone interested in the ongoing massive changes in China’s rural areas."- Paul Charon, EHESS (Schools for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences), Paris; China Perspectives, issue 2011/3

ISBN: 9780415571579

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Weight: 630g

252 pages