The very thought of deliberative politics in contemporary China may seem surprising.
Indeed, there are questions over its veracity. Analyses of scholarship on deliberative …

This book investigates whether the theory of deliberative democracy-developed in the West
to focus democratic theory on the legitimation that deliberation can afford-has any …

Western theories of deliberative democracy and the study of Chinese democratization tend
to remain completely separate enterprises, to the detriment of both. Originating in Western …

Authoritarian rule in China increasingly involves a wide variety of deliberative practices.
These practices combine authoritarian command with deliberative influence, producing the …

Authoritarian rule in China is now permeated by a wide variety of deliberative practices.
These practices combine authoritarian concentrations of power with deliberative influence …

In recent years consultative and deliberative institutions have been developing in China,
and an increasing number of public hearings have provided people with opportunities to …

Deliberative democracy is a theory of democratic legitimacy that emerged in Western
democracies during the 1990s. Many different definitions of “deliberative democracy” have …

Over the last two decades there has been a tremendous growth of interest in alternative
forms of democratic governance. This is true in the Western established democracies and in …

This introductory paper reviews the origin and development of the concept of authoritarian
deliberation, and highlights the importance of culture and cultural tradition associated with …

Japan and China offer two interesting case studies of Asian “deliberative turn” and represent
different potential paths to deliberative democracy in Asia. Japanese public deliberation …