The Political Role of the Democratic Institutions in China

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26590019
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Politics
• Research Institution: Keio University
• Principal Investigator: KAMO Tomoki 慶應義塾大学, 総合政策学部(藤沢), 客員教授 (30365499)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 権威主義国家 / 中国共産党 / 民主的制度 / 人民代表大会

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The aim of this research was to make clear how democratic institutions (DIs) in China have contributed to the stability of the regime there.
Since the time the CCP decided to go the path of market-oriented economic reform, there has been diversification and greater plurality among the political actors who want to participate in political decision-making. According to this research, they make use of China's DIs in order to more effectively make known their demands to the political decision makers. By making their demands known to the People's Congress in the form of propositions, these actors who want involvement in decision-making transform their demands from matters of individual gain into the "will of the people," and thus gain legitimacy for their claims. Functions of the DIs that take such form contribute, to a certain level, to promoting the democratization of the decision-making process, making it more transparent, and sustaining it.

Free Research Field

現代中国政治　比較政治研究