Contentious politics in China
Subtitle: causes, dynamics, and consequences
By: Manfred Elfstrom, Yao Li
Series: Governance and public policy in China
Publisher: Brill
Published: 2019
Place of publication: Leiden ; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 90
ISBN-13: 9789004425118; 9789004425125
Subjects: Social policy; Politics and government
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"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 60-90).