1st Edition

Deliberation with Chinese Characteristics A Tale of Two Chinese Cities’ Participatory Budgeting Experiences

By Su Yun Woo Copyright 2023
206 Pages 17 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

206 Pages 17 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

206 Pages 17 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Woo investigates examples of the Chinese government using methods normally associated with deliberative democracy to involve their citizenry in decision-making at a sub-national level. Despite the tightening of civil society under Xi there are still some opportunities for the Chinese people to articulate their opinions and participate in decision-making. The proliferation of deliberative... Read more

Acknowledgments

1. Deliberation with Chinese Characteristics

2. From Deliberative Democracy to Deliberative Governance

3. Authoritarian Deliberative Governance in China

4. Why did Deliberative Practices Emerge in China?

5. Deliberative Budgeting in Wenling: Pioneer in Deliberative PB

6. Deliberative Budgeting in Chengdu: Localising Deliberation to Address Spatial Development

7. A Tale of Two Models of Authoritarian Deliberative Governance

8. Deliberative Form of Governance in China as a New Form of Regime Legitimacy?

9. Conclusion

References

Methodological Appendix

Index

Biography

Su Yun Woo is Post-Doctoral Researcher in Chinese Politics at the University of Zurich, Switzerland.