
State and Social Protests in China
Cambridge University Press
Published on 8. December 2022
Book
Paperback/Softback
80 pages
978-1-108-98730-1 (ISBN)
Description
China has witnessed numerous incidents of social protests over the past three decades. Protests create uncertainty for authoritarian governments, and the Chinese government has created, strengthened, and coordinated multiple dispute-resolution institutions to manage social conflicts and protests. Accommodating the aggrieved prevents the accumulation of grievances in society, but concessions require resources. As the frequency and scale of collective action are closely tied to the political opportunity for action, the Chinese government has also contained protest by shaping the political opportunity available to the aggrieved. Cai and Chen show that when the Chinese central government prioritizes social control, as it has under Xi Jinping's leadership, it signals that it will tolerate local governments' use of coercion. The result is an environment that is not conducive to the mobilization of collective action, large-scale occurrences of which have been uncommon in China in recent years.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
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Paperback (trade)
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Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 4 mm
Weight
118 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-108-98730-1 (9781108987301)
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Yongshun Cai | Chih-Jou Jay Chen
State and Social Protests in China
E-Book
12/2022
Cambridge University Press
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Yongshun Cai | Chih-Jou Jay Chen
State and Social Protests in China
E-Book
11/2022
Cambridge University Press
€20.99
Available for download
Persons
Author
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Academia Sinica Institute of Sociology, Taipei, Taiwan
Content
1. Introduction; 2. Protests as Challenges to Authoritarian Regimes; 3. Conflict Management in China; 4. Opportunity for Collective Action in China; 5. Social Protests in China; 6. Applying Coercion; 7. Understanding Contention and Stability in China; 8. Conclusion.