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Shortening the Distance Between Government and Public in China I: A Theoretical Approach

Shortening the Distance Between Government and Public in China I: A Theoretical Approach

Hardcover

Series: China Perspectives

United States Politics

ISBN10: 0367618494
ISBN13: 9780367618490
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Dec 16 2020
Pages: 144
Weight: 1.27
Height: 0.70 Width: 6.30 Depth: 9.40
Language: English

Distance, in its traditional sense, connotates estrangement and division. But in the context of modern political studies, it means a controllable resource that can be manipulated to change the relationship between the government and the public.

Drawing on this concept from Western political science, the author explores the law and mechanisms of China's political communication. In this volume, the author introduces a creative theoretical framework of distance, which is a dynamic system comprised of physical and psychological distance, ideal distance and real distance, and natural distance and consequent distance. Psychological distance is the core, because it signifies not only whether there is trust between a government and the public, but also whether the political community can maintain a high degree of harmony, stability, unity, and vitality. Events in the past five years in China are used as cases to illustrate the point.

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