Wählen zwischen Recht und Pflicht : Ergebnisse einer Exkursion der Ostasienwissenschaften in die Provinz Sichuan/ VR China

摘要

"In August 2001, students of East Asian Studies travelled for field research to Sichuanprovince in Southwest China. The excursion was organized and supervised by Prof. Dr.Thomas Heberer and Anja-Désirée Senz. In the rural districts of South Sichuan the groupconducted qualitative and quantitative empirical research on village elections. These electionswere introduced in China nationwide in 1998 and are international highly recognized, becauseof there potentially impact on political reforms in China. The objective of the research was toanalyse the influence of village elections on the political consciousness of the ruralpopulation. Some of the results are being presented in the following article."[author´s abstract]