Path to Democracy? Assessing village elections in China

被引:142
作者
O'Brien, Kevin J. [1 ]
Han, Rongbin [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Calif Berkeley, Dept Polit Sci, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA
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10.1080/10670560902770206
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K9 [地理];
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0705 ;
摘要
Election procedures in rural China have improved greatly over the last 20 years and a good number of reasonably free and fair elections have been held. But changes in the 'exercise of power' have not kept up with changes in the 'access to power'. In many communities, township authorities, Party branches, and social forces (such as clans, religious groups, and underworld elements) continue to impede democratic rule. This suggests that a purely procedural definition of democracy is problematic and that democratization depends on the power configuration in which elected bodies are embedded. Putting grassroots democracy into place goes well beyond getting the procedures right, and 'high quality' democracy rests on much more than convening good village elections every three years.
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