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The China Model: Political Meritocracy and the Limits of Democracy

2015 Princeton University Press ;ISBN: 1400883482 ;ISBN: 9781400883486 ;ISBN: 9781400865505 ;ISBN: 0691166455 ;ISBN: 9780691166452 ;ISBN: 1400865506 ;ISBN: 0691173044 ;ISBN: 9780691173047 ;EISBN: 1400883482 ;EISBN: 9781400883486 ;EISBN: 9781400865505 ;EISBN: 1400865506 ;DOI: 10.1515/9781400883486 ;OCLC: 908146176 ;OCLC: 952571212 ;LCCallNum: JQ1516. B45 2015

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  • Title:
    The China Model: Political Meritocracy and the Limits of Democracy
  • Author: Bell, Daniel A
  • Subjects: 1976-2002 ; 2002 ; China ; Democracy ; Elite (Social sciences) ; Merit (Ethics) ; Philosophy ; Political activity ; Political aspects ; Political culture ; Political culture-China ; Political Ideologies ; Political leadership ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Politics and government ; Systems of governments & states
  • Description: Westerners tend to divide the political world into "good" democracies and "bad" authoritarian regimes. But the Chinese political model does not fit neatly in either category. Over the past three decades, China has evolved a political system that can best be described as "political meritocracy."The China Modelseeks to understand the ideals and the reality of this unique political system. How do the ideals of political meritocracy set the standard for evaluating political progress (and regress) in China? How can China avoid the disadvantages of political meritocracy? And how can political meritocracy best be combined with democracy? Daniel Bell answers these questions and more. Opening with a critique of "one person, one vote" as a way of choosing top leaders, Bell argues that Chinese-style political meritocracy can help to remedy the key flaws of electoral democracy. He discusses the advantages and pitfalls of political meritocracy, distinguishes between different ways of combining meritocracy and democracy, and argues that China has evolved a model of democratic meritocracy that is morally desirable and politically stable. Bell summarizes and evaluates the "China model"-meritocracy at the top, experimentation in the middle, and democracy at the bottom-and its implications for the rest of the world. A timely and original book that will stir up interest and debate,The China Modellooks at a political system that not only has had a long history in China, but could prove to be the most important political development of the twenty-first century.
  • Publisher: Princeton: Princeton University Press
  • Creation Date: 2016
  • Format: 333
  • Language: English
  • Identifier: ISBN: 1400883482
    ISBN: 9781400883486
    ISBN: 9781400865505
    ISBN: 0691166455
    ISBN: 9780691166452
    ISBN: 1400865506
    ISBN: 0691173044
    ISBN: 9780691173047
    EISBN: 1400883482
    EISBN: 9781400883486
    EISBN: 9781400865505
    EISBN: 1400865506
    DOI: 10.1515/9781400883486
    OCLC: 908146176
    OCLC: 952571212
    LCCallNum: JQ1516. B45 2015
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