Introduction Democracy:A New Path Out of"Rise and Fall Periodic Law" 9
Chapter 1 What Is Democracy? 9
1．"Demos"in democracy:mass and elite 9
2．"-Cracy"in democracy:in direct and indirect ways 12
3．"Demos"and"-cracy":unity of content and form 16
Chapter 2 Democracy in China 22
1．Introduction of Western democratic thoughts in China and preliminary practice 22
2．Exploration and practice on democracy by Chinese Communist Party during new democratic revolution period 26
3．Exploration and practice on democracy by Chinese Communist Party after establishment of PRC 32
Chapter 3 Chinese Democracy 40
1．Socialist aspect of democracy:premise and foundation of Chinese democracy 40
2．Unity of three factors:core concepts and substantive characteristics of Chinese democracy 44
3．Four systems:fundamental form and system framework of Chinese democracy 51
Chapter 4 Values of Chinese Democracy 67
1．Maintain freedom 67
2．Protect equality 72
3．Upholding Justice 77
4．Perseverance in governed-by-law 81
Chapter 5 Construction of Chinese Democracy 90
1．Consolidate people's democracy 90
2．Improve consultative democracy 99
3．Promoting inner-party democracy 113
4．Optimize community-level democracy 133