Consultative Democracy or Consultative Authoritarianism? - Understanding Chinese Consultative Politics (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2022)

This book theorizes Chinese politics, specifically about China's "deliberative democracy (xieshang minzhu )". Creating a China-West comparative framework, the author interrogates China's government's claims to give representation to citizens, allowing readers to see how all of these concepts interact within Chinese ideology, democratic discourse, and governance, and their relationship with Chinese authoritarianism. Above all, this book represents a sustained hybridization of political theory, one which is neither a simple democratic-authoritarian dichotomy, nor a reinterpretation of the official propaganda. This study will interest scholars of Chinese politics and statecraft, shedding light on an emergent discourse of the state - Chinese xieshang minzhu. More importantly, this book goes beyond a simple rhetorical and linguistic use of 'deliberative democracy' in the Western sense, and rather emphasizes the very consultative nature of Chinese politics, which facilitates and reconsolidates Chinese authoritarianism.

General

Imprint:	Palgrave Macmillan
Country of origin:	Singapore
Release date:	August 2022
First published:	2022
Authors:	Rongxin Li
Dimensions:	210 x 148 x 27mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	304
Edition:	1st ed. 2022
ISBN-13:	978-981-19-3868-9
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political science & theory Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Comparative politics
LSN:	981-19-3868-7
Barcode:	9789811938689

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