02399    a2200409   4500001001100000005001700011008004000028020001800068037003600086040000700122041000800129072001500137072001500152072001400167072001500181072001600196072001600212072001300228072001300241072001200254072001300266072001400279072001600293072002100309072002100330072002100351072002100372072002100393072002600414100002600440245008100466250000600547260003200553300001000585520137900595999001501974103208739020250317100412.0250312042021GB        2           eng    a9781032087399  bTaylor & FranciscGBP 41.99fBB  a01  aeng7 aJHB2thema7 aGTM2thema7 aJB2thema7 aGTP2thema7 aJPWA2thema7 a1FPC2bisac7 aJHB2bic7 aGTB2bic7 aJF2bic7 aGTF2bic7 aJPVK2bic7 a1FPC2bisac7 aPOL0540002bisac7 aPOL0000002bisac7 aPOL0170002bisac7 aSOC0260002bisac7 aSOC0530002bisac7 a323.04209512422bisac1 aDragan Pavlićević10aPublic Participation and State Building in ChinabCase Studies from Zhejiang  a1  aOxfordbRoutledgec20210630  a180 p  bThis book explores non-electoral means of public participation in contemporary China, both as an outcome of and a key contributor to the party-state’s efforts to improve its governing capacity. Examining consultative meetings, public hearings, and the use of surveys and questionnaires in Zhejiang province, on an empirical level, the study evaluates the historical development and institutional backgrounds of these mechanisms, as well as provides a critical assessment of their achievements and failures. At the same time, on a theoretical level, this book contributes to the broader scholarship on contemporary Chinese politics and political development within one-party regimes, as well as debates about state building and democratisation. Relying on the distinction between access to and exercise of power, it concludes that non-electoral public participation is in fact a function of state building. Developing a state capable of producing effective solutions to governing challenges, it is argued, requires public participation in the governing process. With analysis informed by interviews with local-level policy-makers and officials, academics, and citizens’ representatives and activists, Public Participation and State Building in China will be a valuable research resource for students and scholars of Chinese politics, political science, and civil society.  c2489d2489