Western Theory of Deliberative Democracy and Chinese Practice of Participatory and Deliberative Institutions

本项目旨在研究中国农民和居民在地方治理中如何推行和促进各种参与性和协商性制度。这是第一个在西方协商民主理论和中国协商实践之间架起桥梁的研究，增加了我们对中国地方参与性制度的认识，有助于更好地设计和改进这些制度，并得出不仅广泛适用于中国大部分地区，而且适用于其他发展中国家和其他地区的经验教训和政策启示。

This project is aimed to study how various participatory and deliberative institutions are pursued and promoted by peasants and residents in local governance in China. It is the first study that builds a bridge between Western theory of deliberative democracy and Chinese deliberative practice, adding to our knowledge of local participatory institutions in local China, contributing to a better design of, and improvement of, these institutions, and developing lessons and policy implications that will be broadly applicable not only to most parts of China, but also to other developing countries and beyond.