Download or read book Political Participation And Institutional Innovation: A Case Study Of Zhejiang written by Shengyong Chen and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2020-03-19 with total page 465 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The participation of citizens in democratic politics serves as an indicator to measure a country's development, its political modernization and political civilization.To promote citizens' political participation, it is important to have them participate extensively in local governance and exercise their constitutional rights. This book analyses Zhejiang's experience in democratic consultation, hearing, people's proposal solicitation system, television and Internet political consultation, official and citizen dialogue on government websites. It studies how common people can actively participate in politics and manage the public affairs of the country through institutionalized ways and means.