Oct 02 2020 24 mins 4
The China Model: Political Meritocracy and the Limits of Democracy by Daniel A. Bell.
(Princeton University Press, 2016)
A Canadian born political scientist working in China and Singapore discusses why we should not take it for granted that Western democracy is superior. He argues that South East Asian Confusian meritocracy has far better output legitimacy and better leaders than our democratic states, and especially young democracies the world over.
