Modernization and Democratic Reform in China
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3666830 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Brantly Womack (0000-0002-4874-5875, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1984 |
| Volume | 43 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 417-439 |
| Publication date | 1984-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of Asian Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0021-9118 • E-ISSN: 1752-0401 |
| Publisher | Duke University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2307/2055756 |
| OpenAlex | W2319611671 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 27 |
The new materialism underlying economic modernization in post-Mao China rests on the principles of the primacy of productivity over ideology, use of incentives based on material interests, and acknowledgment of economic and social complexity. An impressive array of political reforms has accompanied the vast changes in economic policies that these principles have inspired. These include legal and constitutional reform, a decrease in public interference in the private lives of citizens, an increase in mass voice in most organizations, and a strengthening of the people's congress system. The reforms are intended to contribute to modernization by institutionalizing orderly participation by intellectuals and the masses. The capacity of such reforms to limit arbitrary power through institutional and electoral checks is rendered ambiguous by the continued hegemony of the Chinese Communist Party
China · Communism · Democracy · Economic system · Economics · Hegemony · Ideology · Incentive · Liberalization · Market economy · Modernization theory · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Power (physics) · China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance · Law
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Justice in Communist China, by Shao-chuan Leng
China’s New Legal System
Elections Without Choice
The Government and Politics of China
The Politics of the Chinese Cultural Revolution
La Conférence consultative politique du peuple chinois
Coming Alive
Report on the Work of the Government
Opposition to Change in Rural China
The Fifth National People's Congress and the Process of Policy Making
The Government and Politics of China
The Hundred Flowers Campaign and the Chinese Intellectuals
The Role of the People's Commune in Rural Development in China
Law Without Lawyers
In Search of Wealth and Power
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,08 |
| Citation span | 1987 - 2019 (33) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |