Rightful Resistance in Rural China - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Rightful Resistance in Rural China write by Kevin J. O'Brien. This book was released on 2006-02-13. Rightful Resistance in Rural China available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. How can the poor and weak 'work' a political system to their advantage? Drawing mainly on interviews and surveys in rural China, Kevin O'Brien and Lianjiang Li show that popular action often hinges on locating and exploiting divisions within the state. Otherwise powerless people use the rhetoric and commitments of the central government to try to fight misconduct by local officials, open up clogged channels of participation, and push back the frontiers of the permissible. This 'rightful resistance' has far-reaching implications for our understanding of contentious politics. As O'Brien and Li explore the origins, dynamics, and consequences of rightful resistance, they highlight similarities between collective action in places as varied as China, the former East Germany, and the United States, while suggesting how Chinese experiences speak to issues such as opportunities to protest, claims radicalization, tactical innovation, and the outcomes of contention.
Grassroots Political Reform in Contemporary China
Grassroots Political Reform in Contemporary China - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Grassroots Political Reform in Contemporary China write by Elizabeth J. Perry. This book was released on 2007-03-31. Grassroots Political Reform in Contemporary China available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Observers often note the glaring contrast between China’s economic progress and its stalled political reforms. This volume, written by experienced scholars, explores a range of grassroots efforts—initiated by the state and society alike—to restrain corrupt behavior and enhance the accountability of local authorities.
Collective Resistance in China
Collective Resistance in China - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Collective Resistance in China write by Yongshun Cai. This book was released on 2010-02-17. Collective Resistance in China available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Although academics have paid much attention to contentious politics in China and elsewhere, research on the outcomes of social protests, both direct and indirect, in non-democracies is still limited. In this new work, Yongshun Cai combines original fieldwork with secondary sources to examine how social protest has become a viable method of resistance in China and, more importantly, why some collective actions succeed while others fail. Cai looks at the collective resistance of a range of social groups—peasants to workers to homeowners—and explores the outcomes of social protests in China by adopting an analytical framework that operationalizes the forcefulness of protestor action and the cost-benefit calculations of the government. He shows that a protesting group's ability to create and exploit the divide within the state, mobilize participants, or gain extra support directly affects the outcome of its collective action. Moreover, by exploring the government's response to social protests, the book addresses the resilience of the Chinese political system and its implications for social and political developments in China.
Rural Democracy in China
Rural Democracy in China - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Rural Democracy in China write by B. He. This book was released on 2007-09-17. Rural Democracy in China available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book examines village democracy and the prospects of China's democratization. It explains how three key factors - township, economy and kinship - shape village democracy and account for rural variations. It considers the extension of village to township elections, the idea of a mixed regime and its impact on political development in China.
Playing to the World's Biggest Audience
Playing to the World's Biggest Audience - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Playing to the World's Biggest Audience write by Michael Curtin. This book was released on 2007-08-02. Playing to the World's Biggest Audience available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Delineates the globalizing pressures and opportunities that have dramatically transformed the terrain of Chinese film and television, including the end of the cold war, the rise of the World Trade Organization, and the escalation of democracy movements. This book examines the prospect of a global Chinese audience.
