Grassroots Elections in China (Hardcover, New)

1. Introduction: China’s Grassroots Elections Kevin J. O’Brien  Part 1: Assessing Village Elections  2. Path to Democracy? Assessing Village Elections in China Kevin J. O'Brien and Rongbin Han  3. How to Assess Village Elections in China Melanie Manion  4. Studying 'Democratic' Governance in Contemporary China: Looking at the Village is Not Enough Gunter Schubert  5. Legitimacy with Chinese Characteristics: 'Two Increases, One Reduction' John James Kennedy  6. Institutionalizing Village Governance in China Bjorn Alpermann  7. Building Democratic Infrastructure: Village Electoral Institutions Qingshan Tan  Part 2: Studies of Village Elections  8. Power to the People? Villagers' Self-Rule in a North China Village from the Locals’ Point of View Zongze Hu  9. Village Elections and Governance: Do Villagers' Care? Qingshan Tan and Xin Qiushui  10. Women's Political Participation in China: In Whose Interest Elections? Jude Howell  11. The Impact of Elections on the Village Structure of Power: The Relations between Village Committees and the Party Branches Guo Zhenglin and Thomas Bernstein  Part 3: Elections and the Local Economy  12. Elections, Democratic Values, and Economic Development in Rural China David Zweig and Chung Siu Fung  13. Economic Development and the Implementation of Village Elections in Rural China Rong Hu  14. Economic Development and Village Elections in Rural China Tianjian Shi  Part 4: Township and People’s Congress Elections  15. Direct Township Elections in China: Latest Developments and Prospects Dong Lisheng  16. Independent Candidates in China’s Local People’s Congresses: A Typology He Junzhi