China Model
China Model Westerners tend to divide the political world into "good" democracies and "bad" authoritarian regimes. Over the past three decades, China has evolved a political system that can best be…
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China Model
Westerners tend to divide the political world into "good" democracies and "bad" authoritarian regimes. Over the past three decades, China has evolved a political system that can best be described as "political meritocracy." The China Model seeks to understand the ideals and the reality of this unique political system. But the Chinese political model does not fit neatly in either category.
How can China avoid the disadvantages of political meritocracy? How do the ideals of political meritocracy set the standard for evaluating political progress (and regress) in China? And how can political meritocracy best be combined with democracy?
Daniel Bell answers these questions and more.Opening with a critique of "one person, one vote" as a way of choosing top leaders, Bell argues that Chinese-style political meritocracy can help to remedy the key flaws of electoral democracy. He