课程内容简介 This graduate class is designed to provide students with information and analyses of local governance and grassroots politics in contemporary China. Topics covered in the class include: central-local relations in China, Chinese local government at provincial, municipal, county and township levels, governance in ethnic minority areas, local people's congress election, village election, mass political culture and participation, grassroots organizations in urban areas, and non-governmental organizations. The class will be conducted in a comparative fashion by comparing China with neighboring Asian countries, Western countries and developing countries in other regions. More importantly, discussion of China's local governance and grassroots politics will be carried out in the context of general social science theories. | 课程内容简介(英文) This graduate class is designed to provide students with information and analyses of local governance and grassroots politics in contemporary China. Topics covered in the class include: central-local relations in China, Chinese local government at provincial, municipal, county and township levels, governance in ethnic minority areas, local people's congress election, village election, mass political culture and participation, grassroots organizations in urban areas, and non-governmental organizations. The class will be conducted in a comparative fashion by comparing China with neighboring Asian countries, Western countries and developing countries in other regions. More importantly, discussion of China's local governance and grassroots politics will be carried out in the context of general social science theories. | 教学大纲 Week 1: Introduction to the class Week 2: Theoretical frameworks of central-local relationsWeek 3: Chinese local government in historyWeek 4: China’s provincial governmentWeek 5: China’s municipal governmentWeek 6: China’s county governmentWeek 7: China’s township governmentWeek 8: Village governance in ChinaWeek 9: Village elections in ChinaWeek 10: Grassroots governance in urban ChinaWeek 11: Governance in ethnic minority areasWeek 12: Election of local people’s congressWeek 13: Non-governmental organizations in ChinaWeek 14-15: Mass political culture in ChinaWeek 16: Conclusion of the class | 课程进度计划 Week 1: Introduction to the class Week 2: Theoretical frameworks of central-local relationsWeek 3: Chinese local government in historyWeek 4: China's provincial governmentWeek 5: China's municipal governmentWeek 6: China's county governmentWeek 7: China's township governmentWeek 8: Village governance in ChinaWeek 9: Village elections in ChinaWeek 10: Grassroots governance in urban ChinaWeek 11: Governance in ethnic minority areasWeek 12: Election of local people's congressWeek 13: Non-governmental organizations in ChinaWeek 14-15: Mass political culture in ChinaWeek 16: Conclusion of the class | 课程考核要求 (无) | 参 考 文 献 - Yang Zhong, Local Government and Politics in China (M. E. Sharpe, 2003).Jae Ho Chung and Tao-chiu Lam, eds., China’s Local Administration: Traditions and Changes in the Sub-National Hierarchy (Routledge Press, 2010)Yang Zhong, Political Culture and Participation in Rural China (Routledge Press, 2012)Jie Chen and Yang Zhong, “Why Do People Vote in Semicompetitive Elections in China?” The Journal of Politics, Vol. 64, No. 1 (2002)Jie Chen, Popular Political Support in Urban China (Stanford University Press, 2004)Jae Ho Chung, “Studies of Central-Provincial Relations in the People’s Republic: A Mid-Assessment,” China Quarterly, No. 142 (June 1995)
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