NDLI: Independent Candidates in China’s Local People’s Congress Elections

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Author	Yuan, Zaijun
Copyright Year	2011
Abstract	In the Chinese political system, according to the constitution, the people’s congresses at the primary level are the only institution which the voters can directly elect. However, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) tightly controls the “direct elections” and takes every measure in the elections to prevent grassroots power from entering even the primary-level people’s congresses. In recent years, grassroots power has kept struggling for its legal rights in the “direct elections” held in a few localities. The conflicts between the grassroots power and the authoritarian party in the “direct elections” have become an interesting political phenomenon, a subject deserves close observation and research. This paper studies the background of the independent candidates, their motivations and behaviour in elections. The paper also examines the party’s control in the elections and thus exposes the true nature of China’s people’s congress “direct” elections. The paper argues that independent candidates can have little impacts on China’s political structure at the current stage because of the party’s tight control, but their political participation has the most democratic value, compared with the “reforms” instigated and carried out by the CCP.
Starting Page	389
Ending Page	405
Page Count	17
File Format	PDF
ISSN	10806954
Journal	Journal of Chinese Political Science
Volume Number	16
Issue Number	4
e-ISSN	18746357
Language	English
Publisher	Springer Netherlands
Publisher Date	2011-08-18
Publisher Place	Dordrecht
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Chinese Local People’s Congress Elections Grassroots Power Independent Candidates Political Participation Political Science
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Sociology and Political Science Political Science and International Relations

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