Fudan-LSE Lecture Series No.29
TITLE/题目: Just Hierarchy Between Rulers and Citizens: Rule for the People
公民之间的等级：为人民服务
SPEAKER/主讲人:
HOST/主持人
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Prof. Daniel A. Bell
Prof. Jing Yijia
18:00-19:30, Nov 6, 2020
Room 805E, West Sub Building, Guanghua Towers
贝淡宁教授
敬乂嘉教授
2020年11月6日18:00-19:30
光华楼西辅楼805E室
THE SPEAKER
Daniel A. Bellis Dean of the School of Political Science and Public Administration at Shandong University (Qingdao). His latest book (co-authored with Wang Pei) Just Hierarchy: Why Social Hierarchies Matter in China and the Rest of the World was published by Princeton University Press in March 2020. He is founding editor of the Princeton-China series. In 2018, he was awarded the Huilin Prize and was honored as a 'Cultural Leader' by the World Economic Forum. In 2019 he was awarded the Special Book Award of China.
ABSTRACT
In a large modern community, there will always be political hierarchies between rulers and citizens. When are political hierarchies morally justified? We will argue that they are justified when the rulers serve the ruled and when the ruled trust the rulers and we argue that political meritocracy is a form of this ideal. We then argue that political meritocracy is an appropriate standard for assessing political change in China and we ask if political meritocracy is compatible with democracy.
ORGANIZER
Institute for Global Public Policy
