Inklings of democracy in China / Suzanne Ogden.

By: Ogden, Suzanne [author]
Language: English Series: Harvard East Asian monographs ; 210Publisher: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Distributed by Harvard University Press, 2002Description: x, 430 pages : ill. ; 25 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0674008561 (cloth : alk. paper); 0674008790 (pbk. : alk. paper); 0674008561; 9780674008564 ; 9780674008793Subject(s): Democracy -- China | Democratization -- China | Political culture -- ChinaDDC classification: 320.951 LOC classification: JQ1516 | .O43 2002
Contents:
1. How Do We Know What Democracy Is? -- 2. China's Traditional Political Culture -- 3. Late Imperial China and the Republican Period -- 4. The Relevance of Political Culture to Establishing a Democratic Political System -- 5. Individual Rights, Democracy, and a Cohesive Community -- 6. The Institutionalization of Procedural Democracy -- 7. China's Developing Civil Society: Associations and Interest Groups -- 8. The Clientelist Relationship of Intellectuals with the Party-State and the Capitalist Class -- 9. Fair and Consistent Standards for Evaluating Freedom and Democracy in China -- App. Surveys Conducted in China.
Summary: Since 1979 China's leaders have introduced reforms that have lessened the state's hold over the lives of ordinary citizens. By examining the growth in individual rights, the public sphere, democratic processes, and pluralization, Ogden seeks to answer questions concerning the relevance of liberal democratic ideas for China
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Includes index

Includes bibliographical references

1. How Do We Know What Democracy Is? --
2. China's Traditional Political Culture --
3. Late Imperial China and the Republican Period --
4. The Relevance of Political Culture to Establishing a Democratic Political System --
5. Individual Rights, Democracy, and a Cohesive Community --
6. The Institutionalization of Procedural Democracy --
7. China's Developing Civil Society: Associations and Interest Groups --
8. The Clientelist Relationship of Intellectuals with the Party-State and the Capitalist Class --
9. Fair and Consistent Standards for Evaluating Freedom and Democracy in China --
App. Surveys Conducted in China.

Since 1979 China's leaders have introduced reforms that have lessened the state's hold over the lives of ordinary citizens. By examining the growth in individual rights, the public sphere, democratic processes, and pluralization, Ogden seeks to answer questions concerning the relevance of liberal democratic ideas for China

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