Session One: Tocqueville on China

Boesche, Roger. "Why Could Tocqueville Predict So Well?" Political Theory 11, no. 1 (February 1983): 79-103.

Ceaser, James. "Alexis de Tocqueville on Political Science, Political Culture, and the Role of the Intellectual." The American Political Science Review 79, no. 3 (September 1985): 656-672.

Chan, Alfred L. "Critical Citizenship and Civil Society in Contemporary China." The Canadian Journal of Political Science 28, no. 2 (June 1995): 293-309.

Fewsmith, Joseph. "Institutional Innovation at the Grassroots Level: Two Case Studies." The China Leadership Monitor, no. 18 (Spring 2006).

Louie, Kin-Sheun. "Village Self-Governance and Democracy in China: An Evaluation." Democratization 8, no. 4 (Winter 2001): 134-154.

O'Brien, Kevin J. "Villagers, Elections, and Citizenship in Contemporary China." Modern China 27, no. 4 (October 2001): 407-435.

Pei, Minxin. "Chinese Civic Associations: An Empirical Analysis." Modern China 24, no. 3 (July 1998): 285-318.

Pye, Lucian W. "Civility, Social Capital, and the Civil Society: Three Powerful Concepts for Explaining Asia." The Journal of Interdisciplinary History 29, no. 4 (Spring 1999): 763-782.

Tocqueville, Alexis de. "Chapter 3: How the French Wanted Reforms Before They Wanted Reforms." In The Old Regime and the Revolution. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1998.

Tocqueville, Alexis de. "Chapter 8: How the Revolution Came Naturally from what Preceeded It." In The Old Regime and the Revolution. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1998. 

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