Can meritocracy replace democracy? A conceptual framework He, Baogang and Warren, Mark E 2020, Can meritocracy replace democracy? A conceptual framework, Philosophy and social criticism, pp. 1-20, doi: 10.1177/0191453720948388. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Can meritocracy replace democracy? A conceptual framework Author(s) He, Baogang orcid.org/0000-0001-8098-9223 Warren, Mark E Journal name Philosophy and social criticism Start page 1 End page 20 Total pages 20 Publisher SAGE Publications Place of publication London, Eng. Publication date 2020-08-17 ISSN 0191-4537 1461-734X Keyword(s) authoritarian meritocracy China model democracy democratic meritocracy meritocracy Arts & Humanities Social Sciences Philosophy Summary Influenced by the example of China, a literature is emerging that advocates a modernized version of Confucian meritocracy, often as an alternative to liberal democracy and even democracy itself. We disagree with these arguments. A critical examination of the Chinese practices of meritocracy within the context of a regime that remains authoritarian is noticeably absent in the literature. This article addresses this gap and, in its findings, argues that political meritocracy, despite first appearances, does not offer a better alternative to liberal democracy. In contrast to many analyses, we do not view ‘meritocracy’ as a regime type but rather as an aspirational ideal that political leaders should have in merit their positions, relative to their functions. We develop a theoretical framework for comparing meritocratic features of regimes centred on a distinction between authoritarian meritocracy and democratic meritocracy. The framework brings into focus the ways in which the authoritarian features of the Chinese political systems undermine meritocratic claims and aspirations. Language eng DOI 10.1177/0191453720948388 Indigenous content off Field of Research 1606 Political Science 2202 History and Philosophy of Specific Fields 2203 Philosophy HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30142035 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Arts and Education School of Humanities and Social Sciences Related Links Link Description Connect to published version Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Wed, 16 Sep 2020, 15:04:49 EST Thu, 17 Sep 2020, 05:02:18 EST Thu, 17 Sep 2020, 06:03:48 EST Thu, 17 Sep 2020, 10:37:55 EST Fri, 18 Sep 2020, 06:03:53 EST Tue, 22 Sep 2020, 10:07:24 EST Tue, 22 Sep 2020, 10:21:25 EST Tue, 22 Sep 2020, 10:22:45 EST Tue, 22 Sep 2020, 10:23:20 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 0 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 33 Abstract Views, 1 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Wed, 16 Sep 2020, 15:04:49 EST

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