Deliberative Democracy at China’s Grassroots: Case Studies of a Hidden Phenomenon

Unger, J; Chan, A; Chung, H

Deliberative Democracy at China’s Grassroots: Case Studies of a Hidden Phenomenon

Unger, J Chan, A Chung, H

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Citation:: Politics and Society, 2014, 42 (4), pp. 513 - 535
Issue Date:: 2014-01-01

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dc.contributor.author	Unger, J	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Chan, A	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Chung, H	en_US
dc.date.issued	2014-01-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Politics and Society, 2014, 42 (4), pp. 513 - 535	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	0032-3292	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/30527
dc.description.abstract	© 2014 SAGE Publications. Dictatorial China contains vivid examples of grassroots deliberative democracy on issues vital to local participants. Three elements in our case studies are relevant to programs of deliberative, participatory decision making elsewhere in the world. First, the Chinese examples have all occurred within longstanding communities. Second, the members of these communities have faced concrete issues of a type they felt they had the knowledge to resolve. And third, all of these communities had access to institutional frameworks established from above that the local populace could utilize as deliberative forums. In addition, a more distinctively Chinese factor was observed in two of our case studies: collective decisions were arrived at based on “moral economy” beliefs rooted in China’s socialist past.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Politics and Society	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1177/0032329214547344	en_US
dc.subject.classification	Political Science & Public Administration	en_US
dc.title	Deliberative Democracy at China’s Grassroots: Case Studies of a Hidden Phenomenon	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
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utslib.for	1606 Political Science	en_US
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/DVC (International)
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Strength - ACRI - Australia China Relations Institute
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© 2014 SAGE Publications. Dictatorial China contains vivid examples of grassroots deliberative democracy on issues vital to local participants. Three elements in our case studies are relevant to programs of deliberative, participatory decision making elsewhere in the world. First, the Chinese examples have all occurred within longstanding communities. Second, the members of these communities have faced concrete issues of a type they felt they had the knowledge to resolve. And third, all of these communities had access to institutional frameworks established from above that the local populace could utilize as deliberative forums. In addition, a more distinctively Chinese factor was observed in two of our case studies: collective decisions were arrived at based on “moral economy” beliefs rooted in China’s socialist past.

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