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Study On Guiding Citizen Participation In Chinese Government Information Disclosure

Posted on:2007-05-10Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:C H LuFull Text:PDF
GTID:2166360185458173Subject:Public Management
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Government information Disclosure is an important practice in reforming political system, an important driving force of building socialist democratic politics, the premise of smoothly carrying out reforms in other political areas, and is directly related with solving many social problems fundamentally. As China is still in the primary stage of socialism, influenced by the old deep-rooted authoritarian thinking, with comparatively backward legal system, and the citizens had not changed their democratic values and awareness, so many far-behind basic ideas and thinking and to-be established legal system hurdles government information disclosure. Local governments and department with vested interests, who put openness in opposition of social stability, resist government information disclosure. Citizens, not able to receiving information through normal channels, cannot participate in political activities by the law, have to obey policies. The consequence is the government and decision makers work more arbitrarily and randomly. Which further deepens the rift between government and citizens, contributes to the vicious circle of "information closed -- governance without law-- information even closed", and this works as a potential factor to undermine social stability.The right of citizens to participate in national, economic, cultural and social affairs are a concrete manifestation of the principle of sovereignty of the people provided by China's Constitution. Citizen participation and direct democracy, to some extent, depend on the development of economics, politics, culture and science and technology. The development of society, especially modern technology, offers much supports to direct participation. Governments should guide citizen's direct participation strategically and technologically, to build an orderly and safe society.Guiding citizen participation in government information disclosure...
Keywords/Search Tags:Participation
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