The Two-Ballot System: From Party Organization Technique to a Model of Election
Jing Yue
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Jing Yue
Abstract
The Two Ballot System, an institutional innovation in rural China in early 1990s, emerged first as a contingent reaction to the crisis of the legitimacy of Party committee. It then developed into a mode of election, which is expected to resolve the contradictions between village committee and party committee. The author analyzes the background and the process of evolution of the two ballot system from Party organization technique to a model of election, which combines the village self governance with the Party organization construction. The author tries to explore the meanings of the two ballot system for the transformation of leadership in China rural area.
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The Two Ballot System, an institutional innovation in rural China in early 1990s, emerged first as a contingent reaction to the crisis of the legitimacy of Party committee. It then developed into a mode of election, which is expected to resolve the contradictions between village committee and party committee. The author analyzes the background and the process of evolution of the two ballot system from Party organization technique to a model of election, which combines the village self governance with the Party organization construction. The author tries to explore the meanings of the two ballot system for the transformation of leadership in China rural area.
Key concepts: Ballot, Legitimacy, Political science, Public administration, China, Corporate governance, Public relations, Law