Reinforcing Authoritarianism Through Democracy - Participatory Pricing in China (Paperback, 1st ed. 2021)

This book provides empirical evidence to show how democratic experiments are harnessed to achieve control and support authoritarianism, through the lens of participatory pricing, which is one of the most important forms of deliberative democracy in China. The crucial point is an interlacement of easily perceptible improvement in empowerment (voluntary enrollment, disclosure of information and opportunities for expression during events) and hidden control (delicately designed procedures and pre-existing frameworks that influence participants in how they think, and when they talk). The mixture of these two mechanisms assures participants and educates them, producing cooperative citizens desired by the government. This is referred to as the partial empowerment strategy, which challenges the traditional assumption of the correlation between deliberation and empowerment. When authoritarian control influences deliberations in a form that obstructs the natural developmental process of empowerment, it acts as a filter that encourages only some form of empowerment, but precludes those that are too risky for the government. This exertion of dominance through a participatory form reflects the development of governance capability of China as a modern authoritarian state and explains its "surprising" resilience.

General

Imprint:	Springer Verlag, Singapore
Country of origin:	Singapore
Release date:	2022
First published:	2021
Authors:	Xuan Qin
Dimensions:	210 x 148mm (L x W)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	96
Edition:	1st ed. 2021
ISBN-13:	978-981-3349-58-2
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political structure & processes > Democracy
LSN:	981-3349-58-1
Barcode:	9789813349582

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