Social Protest and Contentious Authoritarianism in China

Informationen zum Autor Xi Chen is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. His articles have appeared in Comparative Politics and The China Quarterly. He has contributed to three books: Contemporary Chinese Politics: New Sources, Methods, and Field Strategies (Cambridge University Press, 2010), edited by Allen Carlson et al; Popular Protest in China (2008), edited by Kevin O'Brien; and Grassroots Political Reform in Contemporary China (2007), edited by Elizabeth Perry and Merle Goldman. Klappentext Xi Chen explores the dramatic rise in! and routinization of! social protests in China since the early 1990s. Zusammenfassung Xi Chen explores the dramatic rise in social protests in China since the early 1990s. Challenging the conventional wisdom that authoritarian regimes always repress popular collective protest! Chen suggests that routine contentious bargaining between the government and ordinary people has contributed to the regime's resilience. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part I. A Contentious Society: 1. Introduction; 2. The surge in social protests from a historical perspective; Part II. Political Opportunity Structure: 3. Market reforms and state strategies; 4. The Xifang system and political opportunity; Part III. Protest Strategies and Tactics: 5. Between defiance and obedience; 6. 'Troublemaking' tactics and their efficacy; Part IV. Conclusion: 7. Reflections and speculations.

Product details

• Authors: Xi Chen, Chen Xi
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 09.02.2012
• EAN: 9781107014862
• ISBN: 978-1-107-01486-2
• Dimensions: 162 mm x 236 mm x 24 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; China, POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, PHILOSOPHY / Social, PHILOSOPHY / Political, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Comparative Politics, HISTORY / Asia / China, Political activism, Social & political philosophy, social and political philosophy, Comparative Politics, c 2000 to c 2009, Asian History, c 1990 to c 1999, Political activism / Political engagement