The Search for Deliberative Democracy in China

This book investigates whether the theory of deliberative democracy - developed in the West to focus democratic theory on the legitimation that deliberation can afford - has any application to Chinese processes of democratization. It discovers pockets of theory useful to guide Chinese practices, and also Chinese practice that can educate the West.

'For the first time, The Search for Deliberative Democracy in China brings to light the dazzling array of experiments in local democratic governance that is unfolding in contemporary China. This collection treats readers to lively and urgent debates about whether elite deliberation, village assemblies, or deliberative polls hold the greatest promise for political reform in an authentically Chinese register. Not least because it dispels the hubris that all democratic institutions must be built on the Anglo-European blueprint, this book is a must for students of deliberative theory and democratic practice.' - Archon Fung, Associate Professor of Public Policy, Harvard University, USA

'This volume presents fresh and illuminating data and perspectives on democracy in China.' - Teresa Wright, Pacific Affairs

Autorentext
ETHAN J. LEIB is a Law Professor at the University of California, Hastings College of the Law in San Francisco, USA.

BAOGANG HE is the Chair in International Studies at The School of Politics and International Studies, Deakin University, Australia.

Inhalt
PART I: THEORETICAL INVESTIGATIONS INTO DELIBERATIVE DEMOCRACY Deliberative Democracy in Different Places; J.S.Dryzek Realizing Deliberative Democracy: Strategies for Democratic Consultation; J.S.Fishkin Critical Theories of Deliberative Democracy and the Problem of Citizenship; G.Stokes PART II: THEORETICAL APPROACHES TO THE SEARCH FOR DELIBERATIVE DEMOCRACY IN CHINA Human Nature, Communication, and Culture: Rethinking Democratic Deliberation in China and the West; S.Rosenberg Pragmatism in Designing Popular Deliberative Institutions in the United States and China; E.J.Leib Western Theories of Deliberative Democracy and the Chinese Practice of Complex Deliberative Governance; B.He Deliberative Democracy with Chinese Characteristics: A Comment on Baogang He's Research; D.A.Bell PART III: EMPIRICAL APPROACHES TO THE SEARCH FOR DELIBERATIVE DEMOCRACY IN CHINA The Native Resources of Deliberative Politics in China; C.Shengyong Participatory and Deliberative Institutions in China; B.He Deliberative Democracy and Village Self-Government in China; Q.Tan The Reconstruction of Local Power: WenLing City's "Democratic Tall in All Sincerity"; D.Xuebing & S.Jinchuan Public Consultation Through Deliberation in China: The First Chinese Deliberative Poll; J.Fishkin, B.He & A.Siu Reforming Peking University: A Window into Deliberative Democracy?; X.Jilin