About the Book: Why China Needs Democracy
A realist defense of constitutional democracy in China that challenges the
assumptions of the so-called China Model
With liberal democracies under strain and the Chinese government delivering
stability and prosperity to its citizens, is democracy still an ideal worth
pursuing in China? In Why China Needs Democracy, Dongxian Jiang makes a powerful
case for constitutional democracy in the Chinese context. Doing so, he
challenges the so-called China Model, a normative vision that seeks to preserve
Chinas "meritocratic" one-party system while making it more open, more
participatory, and less repressive. Jiang offers instead a realist defense of
constitutional democracy that