Książka From Sea Elections to State Control Lisheng Dong

From Sea Elections to State Control

China's Unfinished Democratic Experiments and the Logic of Top-Down Governance. DE

Autor: Lisheng Dong
Język: Angielski
Oprawa: Twarda
Wydawca: Springer, Berlin
Dostępność: Oczekiwana premiera
Wydanie 11. 09. 2026
624.78
This book examines China s grassroots electoral experiments and their transformation into instrument...

Informacje o książce

Autor
Język
Angielski
Oprawa
Książka - Twarda
Data wydania
2026
strony
418
EAN
9783032237422
Enbook ID
51404854
Wymiary
148 x 210

Pełny opis

This book examines China s grassroots electoral experiments and their transformation into instruments of centralized political control. It provides the first comprehensive, historically grounded analysis of village, township, and consultative elections from the 1980s to the present.

Tracing the rise of sea elections and their gradual institutional containment, the book shows how limited democratic practices emerged within a one-party system and were later restructured to reinforce state authority. It introduces the concept of top-down governance logic to explain how electoral participation can coexist with authoritarian resilience. Combining long-term field research, archival materials, and comparative political analysis, the book situates China s experience within broader debates on authoritarian governance, democratic experimentation, political reform, and adaptive legitimacy. It demonstrates how elections in China functioned simultaneously as experiments in participation and mechanisms of political consolidation.

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