ABSTRACT
The events of 1989, culminating in Tiananmen Square, highlighted the extent to which democratic ideals had taken root in China. Baogang He traces and evaluates the political discourse of democracy in contemporary China, identifying the three main competing models of democratization that dominate current Chinese intellectual trends. Analyzing the political implications of these models the author considers how the theories may be put into practice in order to develop an appropriately Chinese conception of democracy.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter |13 pages
Introduction
part |59 pages
Models of democracy
chapter |23 pages
The radical model of populist democracy
chapter |16 pages
The official model of paternalistic democracy
chapter |18 pages
The liberal model of democracy
part |80 pages
The liberal model of democracy extended
chapter |19 pages
Human rights, natural rights and limits on rights
chapter |24 pages
The problem of evil and redesigning democratic institutions 1
chapter |15 pages
Infusing a rights-based morality into political institutions
part |77 pages
Preconditions for liberal democracy