The Democratic Implications of Civil Society in China

1. Front Matter

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2. Introduction

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   Pages 1-18

3. The Making of a Semi-Civil Society in Deng’s Era

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   Pages 19-37

4. Chinese Theories of Civil Society

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   Pages 38-64

5. Roles of Semi-Civil Society in the 1989 Chinese Democracy Movement

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   Pages 65-84

6. Political Organizations in Exile

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   Pages 85-105

7. Legitimacy, the Arts of Rule and Civil Society

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   Pages 106-122

8. Civil Society, Pluralization and the Boundary Problem

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   Pages 123-146

9. The Limits of Semi-Civil Society

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   Pages 147-165

10. Conclusion

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    Pages 166-177

11. Back Matter

    Pages 178-212

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This book discusses the roles of civil society in the initiation stage of democratization in China. It argues that there is a semi-civil society in China and that this quasi-civil society that plays dual roles in the initial stage of democratisation in China. It makes a contribution to existing theories on democratic functions of civil society by applying, testing, revising and developing these theories in the context of Chinese democratization.

• 1989
• China
• Civil society
• democracy
• democratization

• Department of Political Science, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia

  Baogang He

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