A study of the stability of contemporary rural Chinese society [electronic resource] / Xing Ying.

This book is the last work of the author's trilogy on Chinese rural politics. In the background of prominent social conflicts since the 1990s during China's social transformation, the author conducted in-depth comparative analyses of several conflicts to understand the changes in goals, dr...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Springer)
Main Author: Ying, Xing
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin ; New York : Springer, ©2013.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • "Vigor" in the Scope of Social Conduct: From Traditional China to Contemporary China
  • The Structural Background of Contemporary China's Contentious Politics: The Cohesion of Vigor
  • A Narration of the Legal Contention Process
  • The Initial Release of Vigor and the Formation of Grassroots Leaders
  • The Intensification of Vigor and the Grassroots Participants' Organizational Strategies
  • The Action Strategies of Legal Contentions: The Guidance by Vigor
  • Group Incidents: From Vigor to "Field"
  • The Impact of Contemporary Chinese Contentious Politics
  • Summary and Discussion.