A Path to Democracy: In Search of China's Democratization Model*
He, Kai, Feng, Huiyun, Asian Perspective
China's transition is drawing worldwide attention. China started market economic reforms in 1978 and is rapidly closing its economic gap with the developed world. The Chinese public and Chinese leaders have started to debate and explore where China should go politically and how to get there. After examining the merits and weaknesses of four prevailing theories of democratization-modernization, social mobilization, cultural/social capital, and negotiation-pact transition theory-we conclude with an appropriate model for China's political future. We argue that (1) the conflict between the reform and conservative groups inside the communist regime will shape the process of China's …
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Article title: A Path to Democracy: In Search of China's Democratization Model*.
Contributors: He, Kai - Author, Feng, Huiyun - Author.
Journal title: Asian Perspective.
Volume: 32.
Issue: 3
Publication date: July 1, 2008.
Page number: 139+.
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