At the heart of the big story of Chinese rural democracy is the many millions of smaller stories of those who have been touched by this immense process. Before looking at village elections, therefore, here is one single story, of one man, who tried to stand in a village election, and of what happened to him. It is concrete experiences of engaging in the whole process of rural democracy like this that give village democracy its tremendous significance and interest. This section is based on papers obtained in Beijing in August 2009
In the end, the fate of China\u27s experiment in grassroots democracy may hinge on whether Beijing w...
This thesis investigates the effects of village economic wealth and economic autonomy on the authori...
China’s development in advoating elections at grassroots level, namely, rural villages, has attracte...
At the heart of the big story of Chinese rural democracy is the many millions of smaller stories of ...
This article examines a series of four direct elections and their impact in a poorly governed Chines...
China’s ethnic and geographic diversity makes the task of examining the implementation of national p...
This study considers the institutional evolution and progress of village elections in China. China’s...
This study examines a series of four direct elections and their impact in an industrialized Chinese ...
Since the introduction of elections into Chinese villages two decades ago, many have viewed these e...
We argue that the choice of electoral rules in Chinese villages results from the incentives that rur...
Using a sample of rural Chinese villages, which have recently been the subject of democratic reforms...
While there is only little transformation to the absolute power of the party-state to be detected, s...
China has implemented democratic elections in its rural areas since the early 1980s to curb local co...
Election procedures in rural China have improved greatly over the last 20 years and a good number of...
Since their experimental stage officially launched in 1987, especially since the promulgation of the...
In the end, the fate of China\u27s experiment in grassroots democracy may hinge on whether Beijing w...
This thesis investigates the effects of village economic wealth and economic autonomy on the authori...
China’s development in advoating elections at grassroots level, namely, rural villages, has attracte...
At the heart of the big story of Chinese rural democracy is the many millions of smaller stories of ...
This article examines a series of four direct elections and their impact in a poorly governed Chines...
China’s ethnic and geographic diversity makes the task of examining the implementation of national p...
This study considers the institutional evolution and progress of village elections in China. China’s...
This study examines a series of four direct elections and their impact in an industrialized Chinese ...
Since the introduction of elections into Chinese villages two decades ago, many have viewed these e...
We argue that the choice of electoral rules in Chinese villages results from the incentives that rur...
Using a sample of rural Chinese villages, which have recently been the subject of democratic reforms...
While there is only little transformation to the absolute power of the party-state to be detected, s...
China has implemented democratic elections in its rural areas since the early 1980s to curb local co...
Election procedures in rural China have improved greatly over the last 20 years and a good number of...
Since their experimental stage officially launched in 1987, especially since the promulgation of the...
In the end, the fate of China\u27s experiment in grassroots democracy may hinge on whether Beijing w...
This thesis investigates the effects of village economic wealth and economic autonomy on the authori...
China’s development in advoating elections at grassroots level, namely, rural villages, has attracte...