A Democratic China? - Open Journal of Political Science

OJPS > Vol.4 No.3, July 2014

A Democratic China? ()

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DOI: 10.4236/ojps.2014.43013 3,880 Downloads 5,026 Views Citations

Author(s)

Peter Emerson

Affiliation(s)

The de Borda Institute, Belfast, UK.

ABSTRACT

Many are the criticisms of those who feel that the one-party state in China is inadequate, and many are the calls, especially from abroad, for reform. But would a democratic China―as per a western interpretation —be an improvement? In tackling this question, this paper concentrates on voting procedures: those used in elections and those (which may or may not be the same) used in decision-making. This article first looks at the USSR, Eastern and Central Europe, and then briefly at Africa. Next, it considers what could go wrong if a standard, western, multi-party democracy was to be adopted in China. And finally, it offers a more inclusive polity.

KEYWORDS

Consensus, Consensus Voting, Modified Borda Count (MBC), Power-Sharing

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Emerson, P. (2014) A Democratic China?. Open Journal of Political Science, 4, 118-129. doi: 10.4236/ojps.2014.43013.

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