The purpose of this paper is twofold. First, we propose a theoretical framework to examine
popular democratic conceptions in societies with limited experiences of democratic politics …

In this concise historical and conceptual analysis of China's evolving position in a world
defined predominantly by global capitalist development, Lin offers a critical review of …

This article is intended to rethink a symbiotic but otherwise inadequately attended
relationship between postcolonial studies and Chinese academia at a time when the rise of …

There is much talk about globalization in sociology but there is very little concrete effort to
bring sociology and social theory into a mutually transforming dialogue involving cultural …

This article sketches a theoretical framework and research agenda for what is labeled as
“Comparative Democratic Theory.” It is introduced as an approach to democratic theory …

Though much attention has been paid to different principles of justice, far less has been
done reflecting on what the larger concern behind the notion is. In this work, Mathias Risse …

Während Demokratie heute ein globales Phänomen geworden ist, bleibt die
Demokratieforschung weitgehend westlich geprägt. Als Reaktion auf diese …

Social Healing draws on a transdisciplinary approach—bringing sociology, philosophy,
psychology, and spirituality together—to understand health, social suffering, and healing in …

Intellectual discourse on democracy has made important impacts on China's transformation
and the Chinese pursuit of democracy. There has been an intense divergence in …

Efforts by Zhu Xi's descendants since the mid-1990s to promote his “Family Instructions” not
only introduce the activities of one wing of the Confucian revival in contemporary China but …