
Contentious Politics in China
Causes, Dynamics, and Consequences
Brill (Publisher)
Published on 19. December 2019
Book
Paperback/Softback
96 pages
978-90-04-42511-8 (ISBN)
Description
China has become a land of protests, though the Chinese state possesses considerable administrative capacity. In this volume, Manfred Elfstrom and Yao Li provide an overview of Chinese contentious politics. They dig deep into major forms of social conflict, explore structural explanations for why protest occurs in China, and describe the ways in which various organizations and framings of issues by citizens affect how protests play out. Shifting to where grassroots activism ultimately leads, Elfstrom and Li survey China's coercive and conciliatory institutions for maintaining social control, document and explain patterns in the state's handling of different types of resistance, and examine the social and political impact of unrest. This work not only contributes to a deeper understanding of contentious politics and governance in China, but also provides insights for studies of social movements and authoritarian politics in general.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Leiden
Netherlands
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 226 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 8 mm
Weight
612 gr
ISBN-13
978-90-04-42511-8 (9789004425118)
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Persons
Manfred Elfstrom, Ph.D., is Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics, Philosophy, and Political Science at the University of British Columbia, Okanagan. His work is published in China Quarterly, China Information, ILR Review, and the British Journal of Industrial Relations.
Yao Li, Ph.D., is Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology and Criminology & Law at the University of Florida. She is the author of Playing by the Informal Rules-Why the Chinese Regime Remains Stable despite Rising Protests (Cambridge 2019).
Yao Li, Ph.D., is Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology and Criminology & Law at the University of Florida. She is the author of Playing by the Informal Rules-Why the Chinese Regime Remains Stable despite Rising Protests (Cambridge 2019).
Content
Contentious Politics in China: Causes, Dynamics, and Consequences
?Manfred Elfstroem and Yao Li
Abstract
Keywords
?1?The Broad Landscape of Chinese Protest
?2?Economic Structural Explanations of Chinese Contention
?3?Political Opportunity Explanations of Chinese Contention
?4?Forms of Organization
?5?Issue Framing
?6?Empowerment and Weakness
?7?Government Responses to Protests
?8?Conclusion
?References
?Manfred Elfstroem and Yao Li
Abstract
Keywords
?1?The Broad Landscape of Chinese Protest
?2?Economic Structural Explanations of Chinese Contention
?3?Political Opportunity Explanations of Chinese Contention
?4?Forms of Organization
?5?Issue Framing
?6?Empowerment and Weakness
?7?Government Responses to Protests
?8?Conclusion
?References