Polidemos 17

Abstract: Starting from China’s willingness to think democracy outside  the Western conceptual framework, and in an attempt to distance our selves from both the Eurocentric perspective and the one that supports  Chinese exceptionalism, this essay offers a reflection on the meaning of  the concept of democracy in China (minzhu 民主) adopting a concep tual history…

Abstract: Xi Jinping’s ideological blueprint, the “Chinese Dream”  (Zhongguo Meng, 中国梦), envisions restoring China’s historical interna tional stature by transforming it into a great power and economic pow erhouse. However, despite remarkable achievements accomplished by  the “Socialism with Chinese Characteristics”, several challenges remain in  the gap between the dream and reality. This chapter, by reconstructing …

Abstract: This paper analyzes the enduring inequality embedded in  China’s hukou system, which classifies citizens by rural and urban status  and determines access to welfare, healthcare, and pension benefits.  Originating as a mechanism to control internal migration and urban  growth, hukou has evolved into an institutional barrier that restricts social mobility and reinforces economic disparities….

Abstract: This essay investigates the evolution of the Chinese constitu tional and civil law system in the context of its complex relationship with  Western legal traditions. The study adopts an external, non-partisan per spective to identify the singularities of the Chinese legal experience, with out falling into the simplifications often produced by comparative meth ods biased…

Abstract: A 165 kilometers motorway cutting vertically the Montenegrin  State. That’s the size of the most important infrastructure project in the  history of the country, financed under the umbrella of the Chinese Belt and  Road Initiative, being one of the prominent examples of the rising engage ment of Beijing in the Western Balkan (or in general…