TY - CHAP
T1 - Intraparty democracy and political development
T2 - exploiting the resources within the establishment to advance China's democratic development
AU - Wei, Hu
AU - Lauria, Kristin
AU - Gore-Jones, Lydia
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - A discussion of the practical route of contemporary China's democratic development must begin with a recognition of the established rule of the Communist Party of China (CPC), incorporating this reality into an evaluation of China's course of political development. In considering the course of China's democratic development, it is necessary to recognize the absence of a democratic political tradition in China's history, the present lack of a developed political or civic culture, and the size of the population, as well as the disparity in economic and political development. China should adopt a logical and gradual strategy of democratic development-that is, beginning within the party and extending outward to include nonparty members, spreading from the elite to the masses, and successively moving from within the organs of the establishment to without.
AB - A discussion of the practical route of contemporary China's democratic development must begin with a recognition of the established rule of the Communist Party of China (CPC), incorporating this reality into an evaluation of China's course of political development. In considering the course of China's democratic development, it is necessary to recognize the absence of a democratic political tradition in China's history, the present lack of a developed political or civic culture, and the size of the population, as well as the disparity in economic and political development. China should adopt a logical and gradual strategy of democratic development-that is, beginning within the party and extending outward to include nonparty members, spreading from the elite to the masses, and successively moving from within the organs of the establishment to without.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84941557740&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1163/ej.9789004182127.i-302.30
DO - 10.1163/ej.9789004182127.i-302.30
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:84941557740
SN - 9789004182127
VL - 2
T3 - Issues in Contemporary Chinese Thought and Culture
SP - 97
EP - 122
BT - Democracy and the Rule of Law in China
A2 - Keping, Yu
PB - Brill Academic Publishers
CY - Boston, MA
ER -