March 15:  The Structure of Power & Political Change in the PRC (II):

Suggested background reading (if you didn't read it for POL2 208):

William A. Joseph, "China," in Introduction to Comparative Politics, 4th ed., Section 4 ("Representation and Participation"). (ER)

Required:

Blecher, ch. 7

Chapter by Wright, in Gries and Rosen

John W. Lewis, Xue Litai, "Social Change and Political Reform in China: Meeting the Challenge of Succes," The China Quarterly, Volume 176  - December 2003, pp 926-942. LINK

Mary Elizabeth Gallagher, "Reform and Openness": Why China's Economic Reforms Have Delayed Democracy," World Politics, Vol. 54, No. 3. (Apr., 2002), pp. 338-372. LINK

Amy Epstein Gadsden and Anne F. Thurston, "Village Elections in China: Progress, Problems and Prospects," International Republican Institute, January 2001. LINK.

"Grassroots elections popularized in China," Peoples Daily On-line, Jan. 31, 2005. LINK

Recommended:

Tianjian Shi, "Cultural Values and Democracy in the People's Republic of China," China Quarterly, No. 162 (June 2000), pp. 540-559 (ER)

"China lashes out at US human rights violations," China Daily, March 3, 2005. LINK (Human Rights Record of the US in 2004, Full Text)

Young Nam Cho, "From “'Rubber Stamps'”to “'Iron Stamps:' The Emergence of Chinese Local People's Congresses as Supervisory Powerhouse," The China Quarterly, Volume 171  - September 2002, pp 724-740 LINK

Michael William Dowdle, "Constructing Citizenship: The NPC [National People's Congress] as a Catalyst for Political Participation," in Goldman and Perry, eds., Changing Meanings of Citizenship in Modern China. JQ1515.A2 C53 2002

On Rural Elections:

Kevin O'Brien, "Villagers, Elections and Citizenship in Contemporary China," Modern China 27 no. 4 (October 2001): 407-435. LINK

The following articles in China Quarterly, No. 162 (June 2000)

• Kevin J. O'Brien and Liangjiang Li, "Accommodating "Democracy" in a One-Party State: Introducing Village Elections in China."
• Robert A. Pastor and Quingshan Tan, "The Meaning of China's Village Elections."
• Jean C. Oi and Scott Rozelle, "Elections and Power: The Locus of Decision-Making in Chinese Village"

Anne F. Thurston, Muddling toward Democracy Political Change in Grassroots China, US Institute of Peace, August 1998. LINK

Lianjiang Li, "The Empowering Effect of Village Elections in China," Asian Survey, July/August 2003, Vol. 43, No. 4: Pages 648-662.

Tianjian Shi, "Village Committee Elections in China: Institutionalist Tactics for Democracy," World Politics - Volume 51, Number 3, April 1999, pp. 385-412. LINK

Rong Hu, Economic "Development and the Implementation of Village Elections in Rural China," Journal of Contemporary China, Volume 14, Number 44 / August, 2005, pp. 427 - 444. LINK