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Democracy, Participation, and Deliberation in China. Edition No. 1
VDM Publishing House, Oct 2008, Pages: 668
Although recent decades have shown much interest in
the possibility of democratizing China, Chinese
understandings of democracy remain understudied.
Considering that these domestic understandings shape
the Chinese polity now and in the future, this book
examines the Chinese theory of democratic centralism
that perceives democracy as communication between
leaders and led. This study compares this theory with
various Western traditions of democracy, not only
with the standard liberal theory but also with
traditions of participatory and deliberative
democracy. It examines consequences the Chinese
theory is likely to have in political practice. In
addition, this book sheds light to the methods,
strategies, and techniques of political discussion in
China. This study belongs to scholarly traditions of
the history of ideas, political philosophy,
comparative politics, and China studies.
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