Kinesisk modernisering -Et studie af økonomisk udvikling og deltagelsesdiktatur
(2007)Department of Political Science
- Abstract
- In this thesis, we analyse the effects of economic development on democracy in China. The theory of modernization is challenge by the fact of China's positive economic development combined with the lack of democracy. On the theoretical side the focus is both based on an economic and civilisational approach. On the empirical side, the analysis has been based on qualitative interviews with certain key persons from NIAS and The Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, who have relevant information and knowledge about China and Chinese relations. Furthermore, quantitative empirical data and index has been collected from Freedom House and UN.
We present a biased analytic framework that captures both theory by James Robinson, Xiaming Huang and... (More) - In this thesis, we analyse the effects of economic development on democracy in China. The theory of modernization is challenge by the fact of China's positive economic development combined with the lack of democracy. On the theoretical side the focus is both based on an economic and civilisational approach. On the empirical side, the analysis has been based on qualitative interviews with certain key persons from NIAS and The Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, who have relevant information and knowledge about China and Chinese relations. Furthermore, quantitative empirical data and index has been collected from Freedom House and UN.
We present a biased analytic framework that captures both theory by James Robinson, Xiaming Huang and Dieter Senghaas. The application of techniques adopted from best-practice modernisation theory shows no evidence that economic development has a causal effect on democracy or that economic development influences the likely of democracy. More likely, the modernisation theory shows that modernisation is path dependent when it comes to the matter of developing democracy in China. (Less)
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- author
- Dorup Olesen, Marie and Hove, Mads
- supervisor
- organization
- year
- 2007
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- China, Modernization, civilisation, economic development, democracy, Political and administrative sciences, Statsvetenskap, förvaltningskunskap
- language
- Danish
- id
- 1321385
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- 2007-06-12 00:00:00
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- 2007-06-12 00:00:00
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abstract = {{In this thesis, we analyse the effects of economic development on democracy in China. The theory of modernization is challenge by the fact of China's positive economic development combined with the lack of democracy. On the theoretical side the focus is both based on an economic and civilisational approach. On the empirical side, the analysis has been based on qualitative interviews with certain key persons from NIAS and The Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, who have relevant information and knowledge about China and Chinese relations. Furthermore, quantitative empirical data and index has been collected from Freedom House and UN.
We present a biased analytic framework that captures both theory by James Robinson, Xiaming Huang and Dieter Senghaas. The application of techniques adopted from best-practice modernisation theory shows no evidence that economic development has a causal effect on democracy or that economic development influences the likely of democracy. More likely, the modernisation theory shows that modernisation is path dependent when it comes to the matter of developing democracy in China.}},
author = {{Dorup Olesen, Marie and Hove, Mads}},
language = {{dan}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Kinesisk modernisering -Et studie af økonomisk udvikling og deltagelsesdiktatur}},
year = {{2007}},
}