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The China Model: Political Meritocracy and the Limits of Democracy

Daniel A. Bell · Princeton University Press · 2015

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Book
Author
Daniel A. Bell
Identifier
DOI 10.23943/princeton/9780691173047.001.0001
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DOI refers to the Princeton Scholarship Online edition.

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TheoryBell argues that Chinese-style political meritocracy can remedy key flaws of electoral democracy, and identifies three problems any political meritocracy must address: corruption, ossification of the hierarchy and legitimacy, of which only legitimacy, in his view, requires more opportunities for political participation.