Accommodating “Democracy” in a One-Party State: Introducing Village Elections in China

Kevin J. O’BRIEN; Lianjiang LI

Accommodating “Democracy” in a One-Party State: Introducing Village Elections in China

Kevin J. O’BRIEN
, Lianjiang LI

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Abstract

When residents of a few Guangxi villages decided to elect their own leaders in late 1980 and early 1981, none of them could have known they were starting a historic reform. What began as a stopgap effort to fill a political vacuum, after much debate and two decades of uneven implementation, is now enshrined in a national law. Procedures for holding elections have been spelled out and implementing regulations are being formulated at all levels. Voting is now mandatory every three years in every village, bar none.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Elections and Democracy in Greater China
Editors	Larry DIAMOND, Ramon H. MYERS
Publisher	Oxford University Press
Chapter	5
Pages	101-125
Number of pages	25
ISBN (Print)	9780199244171
Publication status	Published - 10 May 2001
Externally published	Yes

Publication series

Name	Studies on Contemporary China
Publisher	Oxford University Press

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