China Model (eBook)

Political Meritocracy and the Limits of Democracy

Daniel A. Bell (Autor)

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2016
360 Seiten
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-1-4008-8348-6 (ISBN)

Infos

How China's political model could prove to be a viable alternative to Western democracyWesterners tend to divide the political world into "e;good"e; democracies and "e;bad"e; authoritarian regimes. But the Chinese political model does not fit neatly in either category. Over the past three decades, China has evolved a political system that can best be described as "e;political meritocracy."e; The China Model seeks to understand the ideals and the reality of this unique political system. How do the ideals of political meritocracy set the standard for evaluating political progress (and regress) in China? How can China avoid the disadvantages of political meritocracy? And how can political meritocracy best be combined with democracy? Daniel Bell answers these questions and more.Opening with a critique of "e;one person, one vote"e; as a way of choosing top leaders, Bell argues that Chinese-style political meritocracy can help to remedy the key flaws of electoral democracy. He discusses the advantages and pitfalls of political meritocracy, distinguishes between different ways of combining meritocracy and democracy, and argues that China has evolved a model of democratic meritocracy that is morally desirable and politically stable. Bell summarizes and evaluates the "e;China model"e;-meritocracy at the top, experimentation in the middle, and democracy at the bottom-and its implications for the rest of the world.A timely and original book that will stir up interest and debate, The China Model looks at a political system that not only has had a long history in China, but could prove to be the most important political development of the twenty-first century.

Autor

Daniel A. Bell is dean of the School of Political Science and Public Administration at Shandong University in Qingdao.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 23.8.2016
• Vorwort: Daniel A. Bell
• Verlagsort: Princeton
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• Schlagworte: authoritarianism • barack obama • bribery • Cambridge University Press • Capitalism • Central Committee • central government • China • China Model • civil service • communism • Communist Party of China • competitive individualists • Confucianism • Constitutionalism • Corruption • Corruption in China • Criticism • Cultural revolution • Daniel A. Bell • Deliberation • Deliberative Democracy • demagogue • Democracy • Democracy in China • democratic meritocracy • Democratization • Deng Xiaoping • Dictatorship • disadvantage • East Asia • Economic Development • Economic Growth • Economic Inequality • Economic Power • Election • Elections • electoral democracy • Elite • elitism • Employment • Equal Opportunity • experimentation • foreign policy • freedom of speech • Good government • Governance • Government • Government of China • Harvard University • Huang Zongxi • Ideology • Imperial examination • Institution • Intellectual • International Relations • Jiang Qing • John Stuart Mill • Kuomintang • Lee Kuan Yew • Legislature • Legitimacy • Legitimacy (political) • liberal democracy • Li Yuanchao • Mainland China • majority • Mao Zedong • Marxism • Mencius • Meritocracy • Minority • Modernity • Multi-Party System • Nanyang Technological University • National Taiwan University • National University of Singapore • one person • one vote • ossification • Oxford University Press • Party secretary • plural voting • Policy • Political culture • Political Leaders • political meritocracy • Political participation • Political Party • Political Philosophy • Political reform • Political Science • Political System • Politician • Politics • Politics of China • Populism • poverty reduction • Princeton University Press • public administration • public officials • public servants • Public sphere • Referendum • Regime • Representative Democracy • Rule of Law • Ruler • salary • Separation of Powers • Shandong University • Slavery • Social Skills • Soft Power • Tax • The New York Times • The Other Hand • tricameral legislature • Tsinghua University • tyranny • virtue • Voting • voting community • Wang Anshi • Wealth • World Economic Forum • Wuhan University • Xi Jinping
• ISBN-10: 1-4008-8348-2 / 1400883482
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4008-8348-6 / 9781400883486