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UNINA9910458220903321 |
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Autore |
Cai Yongshun |
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Titolo |
Collective resistance in China [[electronic resource] ] : why popular protests succeed or fail / / Yongshun Cai |
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Stanford, CA, : Stanford University Press, c2010 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (302 p.) |
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Collana |
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Studies of the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Social movements - China |
Protest movements - China |
Political participation - China |
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China Politics and government 1976-2002 |
China Politics and government 2002- |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Front matter -- Contents -- Figures and Tables -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Social Conflicts and Collective Resistance in China -- 3. Obstacles to Successful Resistance in China -- 4. Issue Linkage and Effective Resistance -- 5. Social Networks and Effective Resistance -- 6. The Power of Disruptive Collective Action -- 7. The Limits of Disruptive Tactics: The Use of Violence -- 8. Popular Resistance and Policy Adjustment -- 9. Conclusion -- Appendixes -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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