Choosing Democracy in China? Explaining Why Local Officials Allow Electoral Uncertainty in the Chinese Village Committee Elections

Tzeng, Wei-Feng; Wang, Hsin-Hsien

doi:10.1080/00927678.2017.1385364

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“…Besides individual-level voter preferences or characteristics, scholars also identified village-level measures relevant to voter turnout of democratic bottom-up participation (Lu, 2012; Shi, 1999b; Su et al, 2011; Tzeng and Wang, 2017; Zheng and Gu, 2021). Using a nationwide survey in 1993, Shi, (1999b) found that village-level economic wealth was associated with a high likelihood of voting, with a diminishing rate ofreturn.…”

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“…This strong impact of social groups on village elections was echoed in other studies (Lu, 2012). Tzeng and Wang (2017) analyzed survey data of 961 villages and found that a larger number of labor force and tighter control from upper-level government were positively associated with voter turnout. Using data from 209 villages of the national Chinese Family Panel Studies (CFPS), Zheng and Gu (2021) identified that village-level economic indicators were strongly associated with voter turnout.…”

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Explaining voting participation gaps in local government elections in rural China

Wang

2022

Asian Journal of Comparative Politics

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When studying rural elections in China, scholars usually consider voting participation as consistent across the village and township levels. Using a cross-sectional research design based on data collected in 2009–2011 in rural China, this study reveals that voter turnout in village elections is significantly higher than in township elections. This finding is robust across regions and at different economic development levels. In addition, findings from multivariate regression analyses with bootstrapped Brier scores report that perceived fairness of elections and prevalence of low corruption are strong predictors for voter turnout. Gaps in voting participation of local government elections may reflect different political landscapes in rural governance in Chinese villages versus townships.

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Explaining voting participation gaps in local government elections in rural China

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2022

Asian Journal of Comparative Politics

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Build the village economy: A systematic review on academic publication of Indonesian village-owned

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Discourse, Deliberation and Difference in an Authoritarian Public Sphere

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2023

Journal of Deliberative Democracy

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This article explores how discourse, deliberation and difference – classically advanced by Jurgen Habermas and Iris Marion Young within a Western democratic context – functions in an authoritarian environment, with special reference to China. The article suggests why authoritarian discourse and deliberation is more limited than its Western democratic counterparts. It further suggests that the incorporation of difference into authoritarian discourse and deliberation is difficult due to the inherent tensions between the ‘Other’ and the ruling elite in authoritarian polities. Nevertheless, these constraints do not invalidate the notion that discourse and deliberation is theoretically possible and has a practical function in authoritarian regimes.

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Choosing Democracy in China? Explaining Why Local Officials Allow Electoral Uncertainty in the Chinese Village Committee Elections

Cited by 7 publications

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Explaining voting participation gaps in local government elections in rural China

Explaining voting participation gaps in local government elections in rural China

Build the village economy: A systematic review on academic publication of Indonesian village-owned

Discourse, Deliberation and Difference in an Authoritarian Public Sphere

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