Kevin J. O’Brien|Rongbin Han
Path to Democracy? Assessing village elections in China
election procedures rural china improved greatly last 20 years good number reasonably free fair elections held changes exercise power kept changes access power many communities township authorities party branches social forces clans religious groups underworld elements continue impede democratic rule suggests purely procedural definition democracy problematic democratization depends power configuration elected bodies embedded putting grassroots democracy place goes well beyond getting procedures right high quality democracy rests much convening good village elections every three years