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China's First Direct Election of the Township Head: A Case Study of Buyun

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 August 2001

Baogang He  and
Youxing Lang
Baogang He
Affiliation:
Associate Professor at the School of Government, the University of Tasmania, Australia, and Senior Research Fellow at East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore
Youxing Lang
Affiliation:
Associate Professor at the Department of Political Science, Zhejiang University, People's Republic of China, Ph.D candidate at East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore
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Abstract

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This paper is a detailed case study of China's first direct election of the township heads, examining the driving forces for and obstacles to direct township election, and Chinese utilitarian approach toward local democracy. The paper discusses the prospect of direct township election in China and highlights the Chinese paternalist model of democracy being implemented in practice.

Type
Research Article
Information
Japanese Journal of Political Science , Volume 2 , Issue 1 , May 2001 , pp. 1 - 22
Copyright
© 2001 Cambridge University Press