Yu Keping

Keping Yu in 2013

Yu Keping (Chinese: 俞可平) is the Director of the Center for Chinese Government Innovations at Peking University. He is a noted scholar, having written many books including Democracy is a Good Thing. In addition to his academic work he has also acted as an advisor on political reforms to the Chinese government.

Yu is also the New World Senior Fellow in the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation in the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University.

Yu is a major contributor to Chinese thinking on good governance.: 117  Yu helped introduce formative texts in this area, like the World Bank's 1992 Government and Development Report to Chinese audiences.: 117 

Yu contends that the retreat of state power reduces bureaucratic inefficiency and can therefore increase good governance.: 117–118 

Yu's text Democracy is a Good Thing discusses issues like civil society and Western democracy.: 117 

Writings

Books

References

  1. ↑ Brill: Democracy and the Rule of Law in China (Accessed Nov 2011)
  2. ↑ Clemson University Center for China Studies 2011 Speaker Series (Accessed Nov 2011)
  3. ↑ John F. Kennedy School of Government:Keping Yu (Accessed Nov 2011)
  4. 1 2 3 4 Li, He (2025). Democracy Through The Lens of Chinese Scholars: The Battle of Ideas. Albany, New York: State University of New York Press. ISBN 979-8-8558-0421-8.
  5. ↑ Womack, B. (January 01, 2009). Democracy is a Good Thing: Essays on Politics, Society, and Culture in Contemporary China, by Yu Keping, and Globalization and Changes in China's Governance, by Yu Keping. China Journal Canberra-, 62, 168-169.
  6. ↑ Bell, D. A. (January 01, 2010). Yu Keping, Democracy Is a Good Thing: Essays on Politics, Society, and Culture in Contemporary China. Perspectives on Politics, 8, 3, 915.
  7. ↑ Taylor, J. R. (January 01, 2010). Yu Keping, Democracy Is a Good Thing: Essays on Politics, Society, and Culture in Contemporary China. Journal of Chinese Political Science, 15, 3, 341-342.
  8. ↑ Wright, T. (January 01, 2011). Democracy is a Good Thing: Essays on Politics, Society, and Culture in Contemporary China. By Yu Keping. China Quarterly, London-, 206, 434.