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Remodeling Democracy
Managed Elections and Mobilized Representation in Chinese Local Congresses
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2020
Summary
This book explores why, how, and under what conditions a single-party regime uses formal democratic institutions to strengthen its rule. Zhongyuan Wang challenges the traditional perceptions that the Chinese congress acts either as mere window dressing or as an immediate catalyst for democratization. He argues that managed elections and mobilized representation are two strategic cards of China’s one-party regime. By downplaying input electoral competition but promoting output congressional representation, the Chinese Communist Party has been committed to remodeling its unique brand of “socialist democracy” as an alternative to liberal democracy. Such a model of democracy with Chinese characteristics features the “Leninist trinity” of the Party’s leadership, the rule of law, and people’s sovereignty, as well as a new form of mobilized representation that relies heavily on non-electoral accountability from the top down. Remodeling democracy enables China’s one-party regime to enhance its resilience and consolidate and sustain its rule.
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Copyright year
2020
ISBN-Print
978-1-7936-2108-5
ISBN-Online
978-1-7936-2109-2
Publisher
Lexington, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
319
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Dedication No access
Contents No access
List of Figures No access
List of Tables No access
List of Abbreviations No access
Acknowledgments No access
1 Introduction and Overview No access Pages 1 - 32
2 Research Design and Methodologies No access Pages 33 - 56
3 Institutional Design and Development of Chinese Congress No access Pages 57 - 88
4 Playing by the Rules: How China’s Party Regime Manufactures Certainties in Direct Congressional Elections No access Pages 89 - 134
5 Closing the Window of Opportunity: The Party Regime’s Adapted Strategies for Managing Independent Candidates No access Pages 135 - 176
6 Engineering Representation: Mobilized Representation in Chinese Local Congresses No access Pages 177 - 214
7 Conditions for Regime Consolidation by Elections No access Pages 215 - 250
8 Conclusion and Looking Forward No access Pages 251 - 274
Appendix 1: List of Interviews No access Pages 275 - 280
Appendix 2: Glossary of Terms Related to China’s Congressional Election and Representation No access Pages 281 - 286
