Popular Protest in China

Informationen zum Autor Kevin J. O'Brien is Alann P. Bedford Professor of Asian Studies and Professor of Political Science, University of California, Berkeley. Elizabeth J. Perry is Henry Rosovsky Professor of Government at Harvard University and Director of the Harvard-Yenching Institute. Patricia M. Thornton is University Lecturer in the Politics of China at Oxford University. Zusammenfassung Unrest in China! from the dramatic events of 1989 to more recent stirrings! offers a rare opportunity to consider how popular contention unfolds in places where speech and assembly are tightly controlled. The contributors to this volume argue that ideas inspired by social movements elsewhere can help explain popular protest in China.

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• Authors: Kevin Brien, O&, O&apos, Kevin O'Brien, Kevin J. O''''brien
• Assisted by: Kevin J. O'Brien (Editor)
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 17.10.2008
• EAN: 9780674030619
• ISBN: 978-0-674-03061-9
• No. of pages: 288
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 230 mm x 19 mm
• Series: Harvard Contemporary China Series; Harvard Contemporary China; Harvard Contemporary China Series
• Subject: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs