Who watches over the party-state? In this engaging analysis, Maria Repnikova reveals the
webs of an uneasy partnership between critical journalists and the state in China. More than …

Highlights•The case for a critically reflexive, systemic, praxis that does not adopt a business
as usual approach is made as a means to rebuilt foundations of thought and action for …

Abstract Chengzhongcun, or 'villages-in-the-city', have been a major feature of China's
urban landscape in the post-Mao era. The existing literature largely casts them as side …

This article describes China's reorganization of its local governance system since the early
2000s. Policy shifts, administrative restructuring and intensified public inclusion have …

This article examines the mechanisms of conflict resolution by public deliberation in Chinese
urban residential communities. The analysis focuses on the interactions between three key …

Chinese public hearings or consultations have been subject to numerous debates, doubts,
and scepticism about the existence of Chinese deliberative democracy. More empirical …

Why and how do the tiers of local government, and the modes of governance evolving
around them, occupy a critical role in China's authoritarian state structure? This chapter …

This paper examines the mechanisms of deliberation and conflict resolution in Chinese
urban middle-class residential communities. Along with the rise of private home ownership …

Woo investigates examples of the Chinese government using methods normally associated
with deliberative democracy to involve their citizenry in decision-making at a sub-national …

Deliberative forms of governance are on the rise as modern governments seek to engage
more diverse participants in decision-making, but most studies have focused on how well …