Dual roles of semi‐civil society in Chinese democratisation

Dados Bibliográficos

ID6234841
AutoresB He (0000-0001-8098-9223, University of Tasmania, autor correspondente), He Baogang
Ano1994
Volume29
Fascículo1
Páginas154-171
Data de publicação1994-03-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoAustralian Journal of Political Science (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1036-1146 • E-ISSN: 1363-030X
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00323269408402285
OpenAlexW2234698286
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas8
Referências citadas27

This paper addresses the question of how a civil society impacts on Chinese democratisation, by examining the nature and features of a Chinese semi‐civil society which could be both a potential for greater democratisation, and a conservative force used by the state to maintain a neo‐authoritarian regime. It challenges the common assumption of the mere positive influence of civil society on democracy in a growing literature on civil society. It also discusses the issue of how the state and the reformer faction within the party saw and will possibly see ‘civil society’ as the rule of arts and a new source of legitimacy in the rules of games for strengthening their power. This is probably more likely than the total collapse and disintegration posited by other writers

Civil society · Democracy · Democratization · Dual (grammatical number · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance · Chinese history and philosophy · Law · Philosophy · Political Conflict and Governance · Public Administration