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Informationen zum Autor Kevin J. O'Brien is Bedford Professor of Political Science at the University of California, Berkeley. His research focuses on popular protest and Chinese politics in the reform era. He is the author of Reform without Liberalization: China's National People's Congress and the Politics of Institutional Change, and the co-editor of Engaging the Law in China: State, Society, and Possibilities for Justice. Currently, he is serving as the Chair of the Center of Chinese Studies at UC-Berkeley. Klappentext Introduces the concept of rightful resistance and explains how it operates in rural China. Focusing on ways in which the powerless work a political system by exploiting the gap between rights promised and rights delivered! the authors highlight how evidence from China and social movement theory can speak to each other. They also consider the mixture of top-down reform and social pressure that is changing China! and ask: does reform have some way to go! or is the engine for change becoming rightful resistance and more disruptive forms of contention? Zusammenfassung Introduces the concept of rightful resistance and explains how it operates in rural China. Focusing on ways in which the powerless 'work' a political system! this book highlights how evidence from China and social movement theory can speak to each other. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Rightful resistance; 2. Opportunities and perceptions; 3. Boundary-spanning claims; 4. Tactical escalation; 5. Outcomes; 6. Implications for China.
