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 title was first published in 2000: The developmental state model, which originated in
Japan, has ascended to the status of the leading paradigm for the East Asian political …

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 …

During the past two decades, the Chinese National People's Congress (NPC) has expanded
its functions and power. This has been reflected in the changing images of the NPC depicted …

Since mid-1990s, the Chinese government has been promoting a policy of community
construction (shequ) in urban areas. One of the main focuses of this policy is to build up the …

Faced with the task of assessing China's likely role in the closing years of this century and
on into the next millennium, one is reminded of Winston Churchill's famous reference to the …

71 decisionmaking process, especially at the local level and in rural areas. Although the
trappings of Leninism and totalitarianism remain in place, under the surface there has …

The cascading transitions of 1989 made especially evident a significant lacuna in research
on regime democratization: the common failure to consider the role of external variables. In …