Democracy Deficit in China: A Choice or Foreordained

This paper attempts to analyze both internal and external determinants which influence the persistence of the democracy deficit in China, as Beijing successfully surpressed its people's demand for democrartic change and freedom. This paper also examines how the longevity of one-party regimes ha...

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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:21b3a4210666435da6f410fe645ce2fb2021-11-09T17:32:13ZDemocracy Deficit in China: A Choice or Foreordained2614-25622406-874810.26593/jihi.v11i2.1617.%phttps://doaj.org/article/21b3a4210666435da6f410fe645ce2fb2015-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://journal.unpar.ac.id/index.php/JurnalIlmiahHubunganInternasiona/article/view/1617https://doaj.org/toc/2614-2562https://doaj.org/toc/2406-8748This paper attempts to analyze both internal and external determinants which influence the persistence of the democracy deficit in China, as Beijing successfully surpressed its people's demand for democrartic change and freedom. This paper also examines how the longevity of one-party regimes has simply made democracy such a forgettable discourse. Meanwhile, this paper argues three watersheds of undemocratized China. First, the historical precedence has shown that attempts of electoral democracy have not been successful in China. Second, there is an absence of constructive engagement toward China by external powers, such as the European Union and the United States (henceafter, "US"). Third, democracy lacks strong support from large sections of Chinese society. This paper also sees the another perspective of how the monopolized power of Chinese Communist Party (henceafter, "CCP") has been substituting the implementation of liberal democracy through the meritrocacy system and creatingthe dependencies of middle class to government.Trissia WijayaParahyangan Centre for International Studies, Parahyangan Catholic UniversityarticleInternational relationsJZ2-6530ENIDJurnal Ilmiah Hubungan Internasional, Vol 11, Iss 2 (2015)
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Democracy Deficit in China: A Choice or Foreordained
description This paper attempts to analyze both internal and external determinants which influence the persistence of the democracy deficit in China, as Beijing successfully surpressed its people's demand for democrartic change and freedom. This paper also examines how the longevity of one-party regimes has simply made democracy such a forgettable discourse. Meanwhile, this paper argues three watersheds of undemocratized China. First, the historical precedence has shown that attempts of electoral democracy have not been successful in China. Second, there is an absence of constructive engagement toward China by external powers, such as the European Union and the United States (henceafter, "US"). Third, democracy lacks strong support from large sections of Chinese society. This paper also sees the another perspective of how the monopolized power of Chinese Communist Party (henceafter, "CCP") has been substituting the implementation of liberal democracy through the meritrocacy system and creatingthe dependencies of middle class to government.
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title Democracy Deficit in China: A Choice or Foreordained
title_short Democracy Deficit in China: A Choice or Foreordained
title_full Democracy Deficit in China: A Choice or Foreordained
title_fullStr Democracy Deficit in China: A Choice or Foreordained
title_full_unstemmed Democracy Deficit in China: A Choice or Foreordained
title_sort democracy deficit in china: a choice or foreordained
publisher Parahyangan Centre for International Studies, Parahyangan Catholic University
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