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James R. Scarritt - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Measuring Political Change: The Quantity and Effectiveness of Electoral and Party Participation in the Zambian One-Party State, 1973–91
British Journal of Political Science, 1996Co-Authors: James R. ScarrittAbstract:The introduction of a ‘One-Party participatory democracy’ in Zambia in 1973 under the United National Independence Party (UNIP) of President Kenneth Kaunda made significant changes in the nature and extent of political participation, regime structure and public policy in that country. Among a number of constitutional changes, the proscription of the opposition parties – African National Congress (ANC) and United Progressive Party (UPP) – was probably the most important. There is a relatively extensive literature describing these changes and evaluating their significance. A number of further changes which affected these political variables in varying degrees occurred during the life of the One-Party System, which lasted until 1991, but much less has been written about these changes, at least in part because they have been assumed to be insignificant. This Note describes the collection of a Systematic events dataset on changes in electoral and political party participation (including changes in policies towards participation and changes in party structures affecting participation), regime structure (including party–government relations, central government structure and central–local government relations), and policies affecting the economy, class structure and culture in Zambia from 1973 through 1985. It then describes the use of expert judges to scale events in the dataset and evaluate their cumulative significance for dimensions of change delineated by the investigator or themselves. Finally, it presents one substantive application of this methodology: specification of the overall directions and extent of change in electoral and party participation under the One-Party System. Two contradictory directions of change not so far identified in the literature on the Zambian One-Party state are uncovered. It is suggested that changes in the One-Party state helped to undermine its support, even among some of those Zambians who initially believed in it.
Wilhelm Hofmeister - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Political Parties, Party Systems and Democratization in East Asia - Political parties, party Systems, and democratization in East Asia
2011Co-Authors: Liang Fook Lye, Wilhelm HofmeisterAbstract:Introduction (L F Lye & W Hofmeister) One Party System: Is Democratisation Compatible with China's One-Party System? (Y-N Zheng & L F Lye) The Vietnamese Communist Party and Renovation (Doi Moi) in Vietnam (T D Luan) One Party Dominant System: Cambodia: A Hegemonic-Party System in the Making (S PEOU) The People's Action Party and Political Liberalisation in Singapore (K P Tan) The End of One-Party Dominance and Japan's Emergence as a Common DemocracyA" (P E Lam) Multi-Party System: Thai Political Parties in the Age of the Great Divide (C Pavin) Last Chapter of an Uneasy Partnership: The Loss of Jusuf Kalla in 2009 Presidential Election (H Syamsul) Political Parties and Party System in Korea after Democratisation: Cartelised Party System and Oscillations between Two Models (S-H Lim) Priorities for Philippine Political Parties: Mass Membership, Political Education, and Party Development Law (D T Gonzalez) Taiwan's Democratisation and the Freezing of the Party System (H-Y Shyu) Two Key Stumbling Blocks for Hong Kong's Democratisation: Personal Vote and Beijing's Policies (H Y Li).
Liang Fook Lye - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Political Parties, Party Systems and Democratization in East Asia - Political parties, party Systems, and democratization in East Asia
2011Co-Authors: Liang Fook Lye, Wilhelm HofmeisterAbstract:Introduction (L F Lye & W Hofmeister) One Party System: Is Democratisation Compatible with China's One-Party System? (Y-N Zheng & L F Lye) The Vietnamese Communist Party and Renovation (Doi Moi) in Vietnam (T D Luan) One Party Dominant System: Cambodia: A Hegemonic-Party System in the Making (S PEOU) The People's Action Party and Political Liberalisation in Singapore (K P Tan) The End of One-Party Dominance and Japan's Emergence as a Common DemocracyA" (P E Lam) Multi-Party System: Thai Political Parties in the Age of the Great Divide (C Pavin) Last Chapter of an Uneasy Partnership: The Loss of Jusuf Kalla in 2009 Presidential Election (H Syamsul) Political Parties and Party System in Korea after Democratisation: Cartelised Party System and Oscillations between Two Models (S-H Lim) Priorities for Philippine Political Parties: Mass Membership, Political Education, and Party Development Law (D T Gonzalez) Taiwan's Democratisation and the Freezing of the Party System (H-Y Shyu) Two Key Stumbling Blocks for Hong Kong's Democratisation: Personal Vote and Beijing's Policies (H Y Li).
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Is Democratization Compatible with China's One-Party System?
2011Co-Authors: Yongnian Zheng, Liang Fook LyeAbstract:The Chinese Communist Party (hereafter the CCP) has been criticized for failing to meet rising expectations for greater democracy. It will thus become obsolete and eventually collapse. This paper argues instead that the CCP has proactively initiated various democratizing measures to improve its governance and enhance its legitimacy. They show a CCP open to democratization. However, the final political product is likely to be different from what it is commonly understood as liberal democracy.
Jane Duckett - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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The Chinese State's Retreat from Health: Policy and the Politics of Retrenchment
2010Co-Authors: Jane DuckettAbstract:1 Policy and Politics in the State's Retreat from Health 2 A State-backed Health System, 1950s-1980s 3 The Retreat from Budgetary Financing 4 The Retreat from Rural Risk Protection 5 The Retreat from Urban Risk Protection 6 State Retreat in a One-Party System
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One‐party System and Corruption
Government and Opposition, 2002Co-Authors: Jane DuckettAbstract:Book reviewed: Xiaobo L¨, Cadres and Corruption: The Organizational Involution of the Chinese Communist Party
Robert Harmel - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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one party rule or multiparty competition chinese attitudes to party System alternatives
Party Politics, 2012Co-Authors: Robert HarmelAbstract:This article tests multifactor explanations for variance among Chinese citizens' attitudes to two related but separable party System concepts: the appropriateness of the current One-Party System for China today, and the more abstract notion that multiple parties lead to chaos. Using data from The China Survey, conducted with a nationwide sample in 2008, the authors find that feelings of satisfaction with life and with the government contribute more to the explanation of support for China’s current One-Party System, while more general attitudes concerning competition relate more strongly to judgments directed at the abstraction of multipartyism. The data also reveal that while a bare majority of those expressing an opinion accept the argument that multiple parties necessarily bring chaos, the vast majority support the One-Party regime for China, suggesting that even if Chinese citizens were to adopt more pro-democratic attitudes, rejection of the current One-Party rule would not necessarily follow.
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One-Party Rule or Multi-Party Competition?: Chinese Attitudes Toward Party Systems Alternatives
2009Co-Authors: Robert Harmel, Alexander C. TanAbstract:This article tests multi-factor explanations for variance among Chinese citizens’ attitudes toward two related but separable party System concepts: the appropriateness of the current One-Party System for China today, and the more abstract notion that multiple parties lead to chaos. Using data from The China Survey, conducted with a nationwide sample in 2008, the authors find that feelings of satisfaction with life and with the government contribute more to the explanation of support for China’s current One-Party System, while more general attitudes concerning competition relate more strongly to judgments directed at the abstraction of multi-partyism. The data also reveal that while a bare majority accept the argument that multiple parties necessarily bring chaos, the vast majority support the One-Party regime for China, suggesting that even if Chinese citizens were to adopt more pro-democratic attitudes, rejection of the current One-Party rule would not necessarily follow.Abstract will be provided by author.
