Democratic values, political structures, and alternative politics in greater China / David Zweig.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Zweig, David

Contributor:

United States Institute of Peace

Series:

Peaceworks ; no. 44.

Peaceworks ; no. 44

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

China--Politics and government--1976-.

China.

Taiwan--Politics and government--2000-.

Taiwan.

Hong Kong (China)--Politics and government--1997-.

Hong Kong (China).

Democracy--China.

Democracy.

China--Politics and government--1976-2002.

Hong Kong (China)--Politics and government.

Politics and government.

China--Hong Kong.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (54 pages)

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : U.S. Institute of Peace, 2002.

Summary:

This study addresses the relationship among popular attitudes toward democracy, a state's political structures-- parties, elections, and the government bodies to which candidates in these societies are elected-- and the ways in which people participate in politics. It argues that high levels of popular democratic consciousness and strong demands for participation, in the absence of legitimate democratic institutions, lead citizens to resort to nonformal political strategies, including civil disobedience, to meet their needs.

Contents:

1. Introduction

2. Taiwan: public consciousness, the electoral mechanism, and formal democracy

3. Hong Kong: parties without power in a "partial democracy"

4. The PRC: village democracy without parties.

Notes:

Title from title screen.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 46-52).

Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010.

Other Format:

Zweig, David. Democratic values, political structures, and alternative politics in greater China

OCLC:

50706930

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