The Politics of Harmonious Society: A Comprehensive Study of the Formulation and Implementation of an Harmonious Developmental Policy

本研究分析了当代中国改革和建立利益协调机构的政治过程，在此过程中，人们认为改革政策的出台是为了创造一个“和谐社会”。我们的研究表明，自发的或绝望的表达利益的尝试“从下面”获得了力量，而中国共产党“从上面”的反应却被推迟了，因为党害怕将它迄今为止所享有的绝对权力相对化。我们还可以确定，新技术的扩散，如中文版推特，有助于加强“自下而上”的压力。

This project analyzed the political process of reforming and establishing institutions for interest coordination in contemporary China, where supposedly reform policies were to be introduced to create a “harmonious society”. Our study has shown that spontaneous or desperate attempts at expressing interests have gained force “from below”, while the response “from above” by the Chinese Communist Party has been delayed since the Party is afraid of relativizing the absolute power that it has enjoyed so far. We could also ascertain that the proliferation of new technology such as the Chinese version of Twitter contributes to strengthening the pressure “from below”.