LEADER 03779cam 2200697 a 4500001 ssj0000534293 003 WaSeSS 005 20190313051101.0 006 m d 007 cr n 008 110531s2011 enkb sb 001 0 eng d 010 2010513410 016 7 015817741 |2Uk 020 9781848138209 (pbk.) 020 1848138202 (pbk.) 020 9781848138193 020 1848138199 035 (WaSeSS)ssj0000534293 040 YDXCP |beng |cYDXCP |dBWX |dCDX |dCOO |dIAY |dIXA |dDGU |dDEBBG |dUKMGB |dIUL |dCOH |dOBE |dYBM |dBDX |dOCLCF |dP4I |dDLC |dWaSeSS 042 pcc 043 a-cc--- 049 EREENEHH 050 00 JS7357.3 |b.B76 2011 100 1 Brown, Kerry, |d1967- |=^A1091741 245 10 Ballot box China |h[electronic resource] : |bgrassroots democracy in the final major one-party state / |cKerry Brown. 260 London ;New York : |bZed Books ;New York : |bDistributed in the USA exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan, 300 184 p. : |bmap ; |c23 cm. 490 1 Asian arguments 504 Includes bibliographical references (p. [176]-177) and index. 505 0 A brief history of elections, democracy and civil society in modern China -- Democracy...with Chinese characteristics -- The village election process -- The great debate: where is Chinese village democracy going? -- The big picture: elections as part of the dynamics of a society in change. 506 Available only to authorized users. 520 "Since 1988, China has undergone one of the largest, but least understood, experiments in grassroots democracy. Across 600,000 villages, with almost a million elections, some three million officials have been elected. The Chinese government believes that this is a step towards 'democracy with Chinese characteristics'. But to many involved in them, the elections have been mired by corruption, vote-rigging and cronyism. This book looks at the history of the elections, how they arose, what they have achieved and where they might be going, exploring the specific experience of elections by those who have taken part in them--the villagers in some of the most deprived areas of China."--P. [4] of cover. 538 Mode of access: World Wide Web 648 7 Since 1976 |2fast 648 7 Geschichte 1988-2009. |2swd 650 0 Local elections |zChina. |=^A1097828 650 0 Democratization |zChina. |=^A1037153 650 0 Local government |zChina. |=^A116352 650 7 Democratization. |2fast 650 7 Local elections. |2fast 650 7 Local government. |2fast 650 7 Political science. |2fast 650 07 Demokratisierung. |2swd 650 07 Dorf. |2swd 650 07 Wahl. |2swd 651 0 China |xPolitics and government |y1976-2002. |=^A600653 651 0 China |xPolitics and government |y2002- |=^A604081 651 7 China. |2fast |?UNAUTHORIZED 651 7 China. |2swd |?UNAUTHORIZED 655 0 Electronic books. |=^A491897 830 0 Asian arguments. |=^A1093073 856 40 |zFull text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |uhttps://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/eastcarolina/detail.action?docID=688552 947 (OCoLC)ocn681872548 949 CLICK ON WEB ADDRESS |wASIS |hJOYNER188 949 CLICK ON WEB ADDRESS |wASIS |hHSL77 949 CLICK ON WEB ADDRESS |wASIS |hJMUSIC60 596 1 3 4 998 4642688