Politics by Other Means

Village Elections in China

Bibliographic Data

ID12847686
AuthorsWeixing Chen (0000-0003-0772-9825, East Tennessee State University, corresponding author)
Year2001
Volume1
Issue2
Pages221-241
Publication date2001-08-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of East Asian Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1598-2408 • E-ISSN: 2234-6643
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s1598240800000503
OpenAlexW2314397111
LanguageEN
References cited9

This article argues that the village election in China is a case of “politics by other means” in that it is a state act imposed on the peasantry with the purpose of reorganizing the peasantry and maintaining the state's macroeconomic and political control under the conditions of economic reform. In analyzing village elections, the paper examines the institutional limbo in the countryside and the state's motivations for introducing this electoral process in the 1980s. The paper also analyzes the inherent limitations of the “Organic Law of Villagers' Committee” by reviewing the central role of the state in village elections processes as well as by discussing economic aspects of the politics of village elections

China · Control (management · Economic reform · Economic system · Economics · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Rural area · State (computer science · China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance · Chinese history and philosophy · Hong Kong and Taiwan Politics · Law · Public Administration

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