China’s Search for Good Governance

Front Matter....Pages i-vii
Introduction....Pages 1-12
Front Matter....Pages 13-13
Good Governance and Legitimacy....Pages 15-21
Good Governance: Another Kind of Legitimacy?....Pages 23-33
The Applicability of Governance Theory in China....Pages 35-48
Will a “Deliberative Mechanism” Increase and Consolidate the Legitimacy of Local Governance in China?....Pages 49-69
Civil Society Participation in Local Governance: Outsourcing Migrant Education in Shanghai....Pages 71-86
The Implications of Civil Society Innovations for Good Governance in China: Exemplification of a Voluntary Charity-Oriented Sphere....Pages 87-103
Front Matter....Pages 105-105
Do We Need to Discuss Legitimacy at All Levels of Governance?....Pages 107-125
China’s “Radicalism at the Center”: Regime Legitimation Through Climate Politics and Governance....Pages 127-144
Building Communication Capacity for Good Governance: A Multileveled Analysis....Pages 145-158
The Rise of Civil Society and China in Global Governance....Pages 159-176
China’S Soft Power: A Blessing or Challenge to World Governance?....Pages 177-197
Wang Yangming and Chinese Cosmopolitanism in Comparative Perspective....Pages 199-223
Back Matter....Pages 225-244