Ballot Box China

Grassroots Democracy in the Final Major One-Party State

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science, Government, Elections, Democracy
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Author: Kerry Brown ISBN: 9781848138223
Publisher: Zed Books Publication: April 14, 2011
Imprint: Zed Books Language: English
Author: Kerry Brown
ISBN: 9781848138223
Publisher: Zed Books
Publication: April 14, 2011
Imprint: Zed Books
Language: English

Since 1988, China has undergone one of the largest, but least understood experiments in grassroots democracy. Across 600,000 villages in China, with almost a million elections, some three million officials have been elected. The Chinese government believes that this is a step towards `democracy with Chinese characteristics'. But to many involved in them, the elections have been mired by corruption, vote-rigging and cronyism. This book looks at the history of these elections, how they arose, what they have achieved and where they might be going, exploring the specific experience of elections by those who have taken part in them - the villagers in some of the most deprived areas of China.

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Since 1988, China has undergone one of the largest, but least understood experiments in grassroots democracy. Across 600,000 villages in China, with almost a million elections, some three million officials have been elected. The Chinese government believes that this is a step towards `democracy with Chinese characteristics'. But to many involved in them, the elections have been mired by corruption, vote-rigging and cronyism. This book looks at the history of these elections, how they arose, what they have achieved and where they might be going, exploring the specific experience of elections by those who have taken part in them - the villagers in some of the most deprived areas of China.

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