Part I: Theoretical Investigations into Deliberative Democracy * Deliberative Democracy in Different Places--John S. Dryzek * Realizing Deliberative Democracy: Strategies for Democratic Consultation--James S. Fishkin * Critical Theories of Deliberative Democracy and the Problem of Citizenship--Geoffrey Stokes * Part II: Theoretical Approaches to the Search for Deliberative Democracy in China * Human Nature, Communication, and Culture: Rethinking Democratic Deliberation in China and the West--Shawn Rosenberg * Pragmatism in Designing Popular Deliberative Institutions in the United States and China--Ethan J. Leib * Western Theories of Deliberative Democracy and the Chinese Practice of Complex Deliberative Governance--Baogang He * Deliberative Democracy with Chinese Characteristics: A Comment on Baogang He’s Research--Daniel A. Bell * Part III: Empirical Approaches to the Search for Deliberative Democracy in China * The Native Resources of Deliberative Politics in China--Chen Shengyong * Participatory and Deliberative Institutions in China--Baogang He * Deliberative Democracy and Village Self-Government in China--Qingshan Tan * The Reconstruction of Local Power: WenLing City's "Democratic Tall in All Sincerity"--Dong Xuebing & Shi Jinchuan * Public Consultation Through Deliberation in China: The First Chinese Deliberative Poll--James Fishkin, Baogang He & Alice Siu * Reforming Peking University: A Window into Deliberative Democracy?--Xu Jilin