The limits of authoritarian rule: policy making and deliberation in urban village regeneration in China

• Published in: Japanese journal of political science Vol. 19; no. 4; pp. 678 - 693
• Main Authors: Niu, Pu, Wagenaar, Hendrik
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge, UK Cambridge University Press 01.12.2018
• Subjects: Authoritarianism; Decision making; Democracy; Design; Efficiency; Local government; Participation; Policy making; Political parties; Political science; Politics; Project management; Public policy; Resistance; Rule of law; Special Section, Authoritarian Deliberation Revisited (Edited by Baogang He and Hendrik Wagenaar); Strikes; Towns; Urban renewal; Urban studies; China

The subject of this paper is the role of democratic deliberation as a policy instrument for district and local administrations in the urban village regeneration process. This paper contributes to a better understanding of the relationship between democratic deliberation and public policy making, and...