Crafting village democracy in China: The roles, networking, and strategies of provincial elites |
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Authors: | Youxing Lang |
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Institution: | (1) Zhejiang University, China |
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Abstract: | There is no obvious and direct correlation between the provincial level of economic development and democratic level of village
elections. There is a great disparity in the level of rural democratization and the implementation of village self-governance
among and within provinces. The modernization model alone cannot explain why village elections work well in some provinces
but not in others. This paper looks at the political elite’s ongoing efforts at provincial level to conduct village elections
and implement village self-governance in rural China. These efforts include the strategies for crafting village democracy
employed by provincial elites: elite cooperation, local legislature, political responsibility, political programming, and
the art of balancing party leadership and village elections.
He has published extensively on China’s village elections and local governance. He is author and coauthor of several books.
His current research interests include the development of non-state, local governance, and political participation. The author
gratefully acknowledges the anonymous reviewers, Professor He Baogang of Deakin University and Professor Zhong Yang of University
of Tennessee for their suggestions on an earlier draft. My special thanks to Professor Joseph Fewsmith of Boston University,
Professor Tan Qingshan of Cleveland State University, and three anonymous reviewers for their insightful comments, as well
as to East Asian Institute of National University of Singapore for providing support for this research. |
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Keywords: | Elite Department of Civil Affairs Craft Village Democracy Strategy China |
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