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Collective Resistance in China: Why Popular Protests Succeed or Fail
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Collective Resistance in China: Why Popular Protests Succeed or Fail Hardcover - 2010

by Yongshun Cai

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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 action and the cost-benefit calculations of the government. He shows that a protesting group's ability to create and exploit the divide within the state, mobilize participants, or gain extra support directly affects the outcome of its collective action. Moreover, by exploring the government's response to social protests, the book addresses the resilience of the Chinese political system and its implications for social and political developments in China.

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  • Title Collective Resistance in China: Why Popular Protests Succeed or Fail
  • Author Yongshun Cai
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Pages 304
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Stanford University Press
  • Date 2010-02-17
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780804763394 / 0804763399
  • Weight 1.15 lbs (0.52 kg)
  • Dimensions 9 x 6.1 x 0.8 in (22.86 x 15.49 x 2.03 cm)
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: Asian - Chinese
  • Library of Congress subjects China - Politics and government - 2002-, China - Politics and government - 1976-2002
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2009019445
  • Dewey Decimal Code 303.609

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Citations

  • Choice, 11/01/2010, Page 0
  • Reference and Research Bk News, 08/01/2010, Page 129

About the author

Yongshun Cai is Associate Professor of Political Science at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. He is the author of State and Laid-Off Workers in Reform China: The Silence and Collective Action of the Retrenched (2006).

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