Rural Elections in China: Institutionalization, State Intrusion and Democratization

by Lin Wang

Unlike the election models in other Asian countries, rural elections in China were created from the grassroots level by farmers before they were officially and legally recognized by the government.As China is going through rapid urbanization and an increasing number of the rural population is moving to cities, village elections and power structures in the villages are also experiencing changes. By drawing on over 2,000 rural elections cases in China,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 178634162X
• ISBN13: 9781786341624
• Release Date: April 2020
• Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Europe Ltd
• Length: 260 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"