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JOURNAL OF ASIAN PUBLIC POLICY
Volume 6, Issue 3, Pages 263-276Publisher
ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/17516234.2013.850221
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China; citizens; political participation; policy process
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Authoritarian political systems are portrayed as offering few opportunities for citizens to participate in politics - particularly in the policy process. This paper's contribution is to set out new mechanisms that enable Chinese citizens to evaluate government performance, contribute to decision-making, shape policy agendas and feed back on implementation. Based on fieldwork in the city of Hangzhou, we argue that the local party-state orchestrates citizen participation in the policy process, but members of the public nevertheless do have influence. Political participation is widening in China, but it is still controlled. It is not yet clearly part of a process of democratization, but it does establish the principle of citizen rights to oversee the government.
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