Elections and Democracy in Greater China

by Larry Diamond, Ramon H. Myers

Overview

This book examines why and how limited electoral competition developed in Greater China. The editors attribute Taiwan's electoral competition to breakthroughs in the political, ideological, economic and organizational marketplaces. Without similar breakthroughs, Hong Kong and Mainland China aren't likely to achieve electoral competition.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780199244171
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	07/26/2001
Series:	Studies on Contemporary China
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	208
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Larry Diamond is Senior Research Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University. Ramon H. Myers is Senior Fellow and Curator—Scholar of the East Asian Collection of the Hoover Institution, Stanford University.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction: Elections and Democracy in Greater China, Larry Diamond and Ramon H. Myers2. How Elections Promoted Democracy in Taiwan under Martial Law, Linda Chao and Ramon H. Myers3. Elections, Political Change and Basic Government Law: The Hong Kong System in Search of a Political Forum, Suzanne Pepper4. Democracy Deformed: Hong Kong's 1998 Legislative Elections—-and Beyond, Richard Baum5. Accommodating "Democracy" in a One-Party State: Introducing Village Elections in China, Kevin J. O'Brien and Lianjiang Li6. The Meaning of China's Village Elections, Robert A. Pastor and Quingshan Tan7. Elections and Power: The Locus of Decision-Making in Chinese Villages, Jean C. Oi and Scott Rozelle8. Cultural Values and Democracy in the People's Republic of China, Tianjian Shi