The Democratic Implications of Civil Society in China [Hardcover]

This book discusses the roles of civil society in the initiation stage of democratization in China. It argues that there is a semi-civil society in China and that this quasi-civil society that plays dual roles in the initial stage of democratisation in China. It makes a contribution to existing theories on democratic functions of civil society by applying, testing, revising and developing these theories in the context of Chinese democratization.Acknowledgements - Abbreviations - List of Tables - Introduction - The Making of Semi-Civil Society in Deng's Era - Chinese Theories of Civil Society - Roles of Civil Society in the 1989 Democracy Movement - Political Civil Society in Exile - Legitimacy, the Arts of Rule and Civil Society - Civil Society, Pluralization and the Boundary Problem - The Limits of Civil Society - Conclusion - Bibliography - Index