This book investigates the new representation unfolding in Chinese local congresses.
Drawing qualitative fieldwork and data analysis from original surveys of 5,130 township …

This article draws on evidence from loosely structured interviews and data from original
surveys of 5,130 delegates in township, county and municipal congresses to argue that …

This article draws on Party and government documents, Chinese-language books and
articles, interviews and firsthand observation, and electoral outcome data to contribute to the …

This article analyses Chinese local people's congresses' supervision of governments in
order to see whether people's congresses have played a meaningful role in the reform era …

In the past, the loyalty most Chinese people's congress deputies felt toward the state
completely overwhelmed their sense of responsibility to constituents. Deputies in the Maoist …

Taken together, these two books depict the role that local People's Congresses (LPCs) play
in Chinese politics. The image that emerges is somewhat unexpected. One might have …

Progress in democratization is widely judged by how well elections function as instruments
allowing ordinary citizens to choose political leaders to represent their preferences. In …

Based on archival sources and interviews, this article relates the untold story behind several
township elections. It shows that these experiments were largely the result of a discursive …

This book provides a balanced assessment of China's communist rule, its viability as well as
its prospect of democracy. The People's Congresses and Governance in China presents a …

Some leaders of Chinese local people's congresses emphasize autonomy in order to
promote decentralization and enhance representation. Other legislative insiders favor …