System design and democracy : Chinese democracy from the perspective of constitutional engineering

목차 (Table of Contents)

• I. Introduction 1
• 1. Research purpose and questions 1
• 2. Literature Review 7
• 3. Theoretical framework 11
• II. The meaning of constitutional engineering 12
• 1. Democracy and Institutional Design Causality 12
• 2. Democratization and its consolidation and the rise of constitutional engineering 23
• 3. The constitutional engineering of micro-based and institutional mechanisms 31
• 4. The Meaning of Constitutional Engineering Analysis 43
• III．System of Election and Democracy Design 48
• 1. Electoral system: one of the fundamental elements of democracy 48
• 2. Responsibility and Efficiency: Reengineering of the Electoral System for the Government's Mission 57
• 3. Political Representation: Remodeling of Political Equality by the Electoral System 60
• 4. Democratization strategy and democratization success or failure 61
• IV．Chinese Democracy: A Vision of Constitutional Engineering 71
• 1. The Threats to the Development of China's Democratic Politics - Social Disintegration 71
• 2．Legitimacy VS. Effectiveness: how to get out of political legitimacy difficulties 75
• 3．Top-level design: political reform from the "center" breakthrough 79
• V. Conclusion 84
• Bibliography 87