Empowering the Extreme Underprivileged: Disabled Petitions and Government Responsiveness in Contemporary China

• In Event: Democratic Engagement Goes Online

Brief Overview

How to get the voice of extreme underprivileged persons responded? We find that internet leverages the power of their political participation and increases government responsiveness in policies and meaningful service delivery toward their demands

Authors

• Ruoting Zheng, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

• Junyan Jiang, Chinese University of Hong Kong