Translator Reviews ( English → Japanese )

English

“Accommodating 'Democracy' in a One-Party State: Introducing Village Elections in China,”

The article concludes that elections were designed to rejuvenate grassroots leadership by cleaning out incompetent, corrupt, and high-handed cadres, all for the purpose of consolidating one-Party rule. But it also highlights a potential alliance between frustrated villagers and reformist elites that may yet produce a village leadership in which every cadre is held accountable in free and fair elections.

Japanese

「一党制における「民主化」の適合、中国における村民選挙の導入」

論説のしめくくりは、一党制の規則を強化すべく、不活性で崩落した、横暴な幹部を一掃することで、草の根的主導権が復活するような選挙の運営である。しかし、それはまた欲求不満の村民と改革主義のエリートを潜在的に結びつけ、あらゆる幹部が自由で公平な選挙のもとで責任を負うような村の主導権を生み出すかもしれないと示している。