Contributors to the debates about the compatibility of Confucianism and democracy and its
implications for China's democratization often adopt definitions of democracy that theories of …

A central issue in Chinese philosophy today is the relationship between Confucianism and
democracy. While some political figures have argued that Confucian values justify non …

Some twenty years ago Charles Wei-hsun Fu (Fu Weixun) wrote an article:“Postwar
Confucianism and Western Democracy: An Ideological Struggle,” 1 in which he said …

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 essay considers a number of proposals for liberal political democracy in East Asian
societies, and some of the critical responses such proposals have attracted from political …

Whether or not Confucianism conflicts with democracy is an important question not only for
the future democratization of China but also for the future political development of other East …

The subtle and complex relation between Confucianism and modern democracy has long
been a controversial issue, and it is now again becoming a topical issue in the process of …

This article explores the significance of xieshang minzhu, the Chinese term for deliberative
democracy. As this term is also closely connected to the political tradition of the Communist …

In contemporary Confucian political theory, there is surprisingly little effort among the
theorists to illuminate the value of democracy. When they do on rare occasions, their focus is …

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 …