Social protest and contentious authoritarianism in China

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"Xi Chen explains why there has been a dramatic rise in social protests in China since the early 1990s and how it has strengthened the current regime"--

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Full title :Social protest and contentious authoritarianism in China / Xi Chen.

Summary

"Xi Chen explains why there has been a dramatic rise in social protests in China since the early 1990s and how it has strengthened the current regime"--

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2012.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Cambridge University Press
Place of Publication:New York
Language:eng
Publication Date:2012.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (xiii, 241 pages) : : illustrations

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781139224673, 1139224670, 9781139053310, 1139053310, 1139218158, 9781139218153
oclc:ocn777548948
LC Classification:HN740.Z9
Dewey Decimal:322.40951

Part I.A Contentious Society: 1. Introduction -- 2. The surge in social protests from ahistorical 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.

Subjects

China China -- Politics and government -- 197… China -- Politics and government -- 200… Chine -- Politique et gouvernement -- 1… Contestation -- Chine Geschichte 1990-2001 Political Science -- General POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process Politics and government Protest movements Protest movements -- China Since 1976 Social conflict Social conflict -- China