Inklings of Democracy in China
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| Rating | : | 4.71 (785 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0674008790 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 442 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-05-19 |
| Language | : | English |
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Ignore the reviewers that can't see beyond their own cultural prejudices. L. Taylor Apparently the rest of these reviewers failed to read the section of her book entitled "Ethnocentricity of the Western Definition of Democracy.". Best China study with a true open mind When the Liberal Postmodern Propaganda is so strong, even a disaster in "democratic" Iraq won't be enough to let the American ideologues learn a bit of self-reflection. In this regard, this book is at least an honest effort in trying to understand China. To those die-hard democratic universalists, this book is easily taken as an insult, or a sin. They'd rather stay in the "prison of one culture" and sing their songs of democracy, even if the reality in their own democracy is full of nastiness, and their democracy promotion abroad is full of failures.. Misleading Communist Postmodern Propaganda S. Schwartz The title, "Inklings of Democracy in China" is greatly misleading. The book spends the first chapter exclaiming the ethnocentricity of western democracy, re-defining the very of concept of "democracy" itself. Suzanne Ogden plants the seed of a relativistic outlook on what she deems "democracy", and uses this new postmodern take on "democracy" to justify China's government.To save you a little time from this 400 page read, this is Ogden's argument:a. Democracy can be interpreted to be Chinese Communismb. China's government is nothing but Chinese Communismc. China has a democracyA better (and more honest) title of Ogde
By examining the growth in individual rights, the public sphere, democratic processes, and pluralization, the author seeks to answer questions concerning the relevance of liberal democratic ideas for China and the relationship between a democratic political culture and a democratic political system. Since 1979 China's leaders have introduced economic and political reforms that have lessened the state's hold over the lives of ordinary citizens. Unresolved issues concerning the relationships among culture, democracy, and socioeconomic development are at the heart of the analysis. The author also looks at the contradictory impulses and negative consequences for democracy generated by economic liberalism. Nonideological criteria are used to assess the success of the Chinese approach to building a fair, just, and decent society.
Hart Choice 2003-01-01) . Ogden persuasively argues that in spite of authoritarian political traditions and cultural predilections, China is moving inevitably toward greater democratization and a growing pluralization, which together are contributing to the development of a civil society. Moreover, she explains that Chinas expansion of democratic institutions is shaped by Beijing's rational analysis of what best will serve the Chinese Communist Party in its bid to remain in power; at the same time, she provides a clear-eyed evaluation of the value-laden concepts of equality and freedom that often cloud this controversial issue. (S
Suzanne Ogden is Professor of Political Science at Northeastern University, Boston.