Publications
China’s Middle Class – A Driving Force for Democratic Change or Guarantors of the Status Quo?
The rise of the emerging countries has been accompanied by the creation of a middle class. There is the hope that these people will start to demand some form of political and social participation and so contribute to a democratisation of the predominantly authoritarian regimes in their respective countries. Is it right to assume that history will be repeated in the most densely populated country in the world, the People’s Republic of China? more…
Political Logic Frame of Administrative Hearing - A Perspective of Discourse Theory
The institution of public hearing originates from and is employed in jurisdiction as a necessary procedure. It is also used by legislation as a necessary means to hear and consider various opinions before passing a law. In the course of time and due to the demand of practice, it was employed in public administration as well and became a perfect institutional programme and model for government. Administrative hearing was introduced in China in the mid-1990s and is very often used in administrative license and punishment procedures, such as price regulations in control of the government. more…
Constitutional principles put forward for discussion
The People's Republic of China and the Federal Republic of Germany both celebrated their 60th anniversary in 2009. On this occasion KAS and the Chinese Academy for Social Sciences organized a symposium about principles of the Chinese and German constitions. Two of the papers are published in this volume. more…
China and South Asia
With the rising improtance of China and India worldwide it seems of high relevance to study the potential lines of conflict that exist between India and China and the South Asian context that India is embedded in. This publication is meant to make a contribution in this endeavour. more…
China and China as Actors in World Politics - Mutual Challenges, Common Positions?
This volume makes available papers presented at an international conference in Beijing, People's Republic of China by members of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung Working Group of Young Foreign Policy Experts. more…
