ON INSTITUTIONAL ASPECTS OF CHINESE DEMOCRATIC TRANSITION PROSPECTS / ՉԻՆԱՍՏԱՆԻ ՀՆԱՐԱՎՈՐ ԺՈՂՈՎՐԴԱՎԱՐԱԿԱՆ ԱՆՑՄԱՆ ՈՐՈՇ ԻՆՍՏԻՏՈՒՑԻՈՆԱԼ ԱՍՊԵԿՏՆԵՐԻ ՄԱՍԻՆ

Abstract

This paper discusses the current perspectives and scenarios of China’s democratic transit. For that purpose, the paper accents the external political environment and current state of democracy throughout the world and internal, institutional, structural, and cultural aspects of the potential regime change in China. The paper outlines the circumstances of democratic development in China, assumes that there is a small probability of democratic transit, underlines wishful thinking in public and academic discourse and generally describes diverse scenarios