03587nam 2200733Ia 450 991081135990332120200520144314.01-107-22998-71-139-21000-91-280-48533-797866135803131-139-22295-31-139-21815-81-139-21506-X1-139-22467-01-139-22124-81-139-05331-0(CKB)2670000000131826(EBL)833483(OCoLC)794364298(SSID)ssj0000612884(PQKBManifestationID)11374969(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000612884(PQKBWorkID)10572502(PQKB)11722896(UkCbUP)CR9781139053310(MiAaPQ)EBC833483(Au-PeEL)EBL833483(CaPaEBR)ebr10533193(CaONFJC)MIL358031(PPN)186384297(EXLCZ)99267000000013182620110531d2012 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierSocial protest and contentious authoritarianism in China /Xi Chen1st ed.Cambridge ;New York Cambridge University Press20121 online resource (xiii, 241 pages) digital, PDF file(s)Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).1-107-42936-6 1-107-01486-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.Xi Chen explores the question of why there has been a dramatic rise in and routinization of social protests in China since the early 1990s. Drawing on case studies, in-depth interviews and a unique data set of about 1,000 government records of collective petitions, this book examines how the political structure in Reform China has encouraged Chinese farmers, workers, pensioners, disabled people and demobilized soldiers to pursue their interests and claim their rights by staging collective protests. Chen suggests that routinized contentious bargaining between the government and ordinary people has remedied the weaknesses of the Chinese political system and contributed to the regime's resilience. Social Protest and Contentious Authoritarianism in China challenges the conventional wisdom that authoritarian regimes always repress popular collective protest and that popular collective action tends to destabilize authoritarian regimes.Protest movementsChinaSocial conflictChinaChinaPolitics and government1976-2002ChinaPolitics and government2002-Protest movementsSocial conflict322.40951POL000000bisacshChen Xi1972 Sept. 6-1760152MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910811359903321Social protest and contentious authoritarianism in China4198979UNINA