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China: democratising one-party rule?
11/09/2008 By Shaun Breslin
A more consultative form of politics is emerging in China. Questioning the one-party state is still not deemed legitimate and the demand for democratic change is hard to gauge.The driving force behind the ushering in of a more open form of politics is the Chinese Communist Party's 'National Project'.
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This paper examines the complex relations between nationalism, economic development and political change in China and assesses the prospects for longer-term democratisation - along with the policy implications for Western governments.
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Keywords
Asia China Communism Democracy promotion Democratisation Political ReformRelated publications
Bio author: Shaun Breslin
Shaun Breslin is Professor of Politics and International Studies at the University of Warwick, United Kingdom. He is the author of China and the Global Political Economy (2007), Mao (2000, primera edición 1998.), and China in the 1980s: Centre-Province Relations in a Reforming Socialist State (1996). Breslin is also the co-author of other four academic books and numerous publication in his field
