02982nam 2200589 a 450 991045516150332120200520144314.00-674-04158-510.4159/9780674041585(CKB)1000000000805610(EBL)3300517(MiAaPQ)EBC3300517(DE-B1597)457725(OCoLC)1049623745(OCoLC)979904434(DE-B1597)9780674041585(Au-PeEL)EBL3300517(CaPaEBR)ebr10318514(OCoLC)503446601(EXLCZ)99100000000080561020080326d2008 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierPopular protest in China[electronic resource] /edited by Kevin J. O'BrienCambridge, Mass. Harvard University Press20081 online resource (288 p.)Harvard contemporary China series ;15Description based upon print version of record.0-674-03061-3 Includes bibliographical references (p. [217]-274).Prologue : the new contentious politics in China : poor and blank or rich and complex? / Sidney Tarrow -- Introduction : studying contention in contemporary China / Kevin J. O'Brien and Rachel E. Stern -- Student movements in China and Taiwan / Teresa Wright -- Collective petitioning and institutional conversion / Xi Chen -- Mass frames and worker protest / William Hurst -- Worker leaders and framing factory-based resistance / Feng Chen -- Recruitment to Protestant house churches / Carsten T. Vala and Kevin J. O'Brien -- Contention in cyberspace / Guobin Yang -- Environmental campaigns / Yanfei Sun and Dingxin Zhao -- Disruptive collective action in the reform era / Yongshun Cai -- Manufacturing dissent in transnational China / Patricia M. Thornton -- Permanent rebellion? continuities and discontinuities in Chinese protest / Elizabeth J. Perry.Unrest in China, from the dramatic events of 1989 to more recent stirrings, offers a rare opportunity to consider how popular contention unfolds in places where speech and assembly are tightly controlled. The contributors to this volume argue that ideas inspired by social movements elsewhere can help explain popular protest in China.Harvard contemporary China series ;15.Social movementsChinaPolitical participationChinaElectronic books.Social movementsPolitical participation303.48/40951MH 50091rvkO'Brien Kevin J, 311107O'Brien Kevin J.1957-1035985MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910455161503321Popular protest in China2456018UNINA