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Subject(s)

• Municipal government—China—Citizen participation [Browse]
• Deliberative democracy—China [Browse]
• Political participation—China [Browse]
• Budget—China—Wenling Shi—Citizen participation [Browse]
• Budget—China—Chengdu—Citizen participation [Browse]
• Wenling Shi (China)—Politics and government—Citizen participation [Browse]
• Chengdu (China)—Politics and government—Citizen participation [Browse]

Series

Routledge contemporary China series [More in this series]

Summary note

"Woo investigates examples of the Chinese government using methods normally associated with deliberative democracy to involve their citizenry in decision-making at a sub-national level. Despite the tightening of civil society under Xi there are still some opportunities for the Chinese people to articulate their opinions and participate in decision making. The proliferation of deliberative democratic practices is motivated by the CCP's strong governance logic, to strengthen regime legitimacy and stability. Woo examines deliberative participation through the lens of participatory budgeting in China, and investigates its impact on local governance. To make sense of this model of deliberative democratic governance in China, she unpacks the relationship between deliberative democracy and governance. This requires delving into the forms and functions of deliberation with Chinese characteristics, especially to show how they depart from the Western deliberative democratic experiences. What is the Chinese deliberative discourse in relation to the Western conception of deliberative democracy? How can the Chinese deliberative experience contribute to the concept of deliberative governance? How does deliberation impact upon local governance in China? An intriguing read both for scholars of Chinese politics and for political scientists looking at comparative examples of deliberative governance"-- Provided by publisher.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• Deliberation with Chinese characteristics
• From deliberative democracy to deliberative governance
• Authoritarian deliberative governance in China
• Why did deliberative practices emerge in China?
• Deliberative experience of Wenling : pioneer in deliberative PB
• Deliberative experience of Chengdu : localising deliberation to address spatial development
• A tale of 2 distinctive models of authoritarian deliberative governance
• Deliberative governance as a new form of regime legitimacy in China?
• Conclusion.

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ISBN

• 9781032319247 (hardcover)
• 1032319240 (hardcover)
• 9781032319254 (paperback)
• 1032319259 (paperback)

LCCN

2022045814

OCLC

1346531071

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