Deliberative Democracy Nationwide?-Evaluating Deliberativeness of Healthcare Reform in China

Journal of Chinese Political Science

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 151-172

  Korolev, Alexander ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY HIGHER SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Russian Federation)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

China; Deliberative Democracy; Healthcare Reform; Participation; Public Policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901061240     PISSN: 10806954     EISSN: 18746357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11366-014-9287-1     Document Type: Article

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