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Rightful resistance in rural China /

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Rightful resistance in rural China // Kevin J. O'Brien, Lianjiang Li.
Author:	O'Brien, Kevin J.,
other author:	Li, Lianjiang,
Description:	1 online resource (xvii, 179 pages) :digital, PDF file(s). :
Notes:	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 08 Oct 2015).
Subject:	Peasants - Political activity - China. -
Subject:	China -
Online resource:	https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511791086
ISBN:	9780511791086 (ebook)

Rightful resistance in rural China /
O'Brien, Kevin J.,1957-

Rightful resistance in rural China /Kevin J. O'Brien, Lianjiang Li. - 1 online resource (xvii, 179 pages) :digital, PDF file(s). - Cambridge studies in contentious politics. - Cambridge studies in contentious politics..

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 08 Oct 2015).

Rightful resistance --

How can the poor and weak 'work' a political system to their advantage? Drawing mainly on interviews and surveys in rural China, Kevin O'Brien and Lianjiang Li show that popular action often hinges on locating and exploiting divisions within the state. Otherwise powerless people use the rhetoric and commitments of the central government to try to fight misconduct by local officials, open up clogged channels of participation, and push back the frontiers of the permissible. This 'rightful resistance' has far-reaching implications for our understanding of contentious politics. As O'Brien and Li explore the origins, dynamics, and consequences of rightful resistance, they highlight similarities between collective action in places as varied as China, the former East Germany, and the United States, while suggesting how Chinese experiences speak to issues such as opportunities to protest, claims radicalization, tactical innovation, and the outcomes of contention.

ISBN: 9780511791086 (ebook)Subjects--Topical Terms:

1442515
Peasants
--Political activity--China.Subjects--Geographical Terms:

714969
China

LC Class. No.: JQ1516 / .O27 2006

Dewey Class. No.: 305.5/633/0951

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