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020 _a9780197555675
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040 _beng
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041 _aeng
100 1 _aGueorguiev, Dimitar D.,
_eauthor
_91636779
245 1 0 _aRetrofitting Leninism :
_bparticipation without democracy in China /
_cDimitar D. Gueorguiev.
260 _aNew York :
_bOxford University Press,
_c2021.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 _a"Retrofitting Leninism explores the relationship between political inclusion and political control through the lens of participatory governance in the People's Republic of China. The book can be condensed into three key points. First, public participation is a prerequisite for effective administration, irrespective of how a regime is constituted. Second, a regime's ability to solicit, process, and recast public input into policy outputs is central to its political durability. Third, technological advances in communication make it easier for authoritarian regimes, particularly those with Leninist foundations, to correspond with the public and thus undercut calls for genuine democratic progress---an endogenous process of regime maintenance I refer to as retrofitting. Using archival data, media reports, and original opinion polls, I show how public inputs are incorporated into the marketing and implementation of top-down policy outputs. To unpack the interface between inputs and outputs, I focus on proposal-making and government priorities in local Chinese legislatures. Finally, to evaluate the downstream impact, I estimate the effect of open policymaking on sub-national regulation and government approval. The findings suggest that public engagement contributes to both policy stability and positive public perceptions of policy. Though instrumental, the book also underscores that inclusive authoritarianism depends on the voluntary participation of Chinese citizens, which is far from guaranteed"--
610 2 0 _aLenin, Vladimir Ilʹich,
_xPolitical and social views.
_91636780
650 0 _aPolitical participation
_zChina.
650 0 _aPolitical culture
_zChina.
_934398
650 0 _aDemocracy
_zChina.
_934402
999 _c3052830
_d3052830