Rightful resistance in rural China /
O'Brien, Kevin J., 1957-
Rightful resistance in rural China / Kevin J. O'Brien, Lianjiang Li. - Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006. - xvii, 179 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - Cambridge studies in contentious politics . - Cambridge studies in contentious politics. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 143-168) and index.
Rightful resistance -- Opportunities and perceptions -- Boundary-spanning claims -- Tactical escalation -- Outcomes -- Implications for China.
"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."--BOOK JACKET.
0521861314 (hardback) 9780521861311 (hardback) 0521678528 (pbk.) 9780521678520 (pbk.)
2005021714
Peasants--Political activity--China.
Plattelandsbevolking.
Politieke acties.
Paysannerie--Activité politique.--Chine
Widerstand.
Landbevölkerung.
Politisches Handeln.
Politik.
Landbevölkerung--Politisches Handeln--China.
China--Rural conditions.
Chine--Conditions rurales.
China.
China--Landbevölkerung--Politisches Handeln.
China--Politik--Landbevölkerung--Widerstand.
JQ1516 / .O27 2006
305.5/633/0951
Rightful resistance in rural China / Kevin J. O'Brien, Lianjiang Li. - Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006. - xvii, 179 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - Cambridge studies in contentious politics . - Cambridge studies in contentious politics. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 143-168) and index.
Rightful resistance -- Opportunities and perceptions -- Boundary-spanning claims -- Tactical escalation -- Outcomes -- Implications for China.
"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."--BOOK JACKET.
0521861314 (hardback) 9780521861311 (hardback) 0521678528 (pbk.) 9780521678520 (pbk.)
2005021714
Peasants--Political activity--China.
Plattelandsbevolking.
Politieke acties.
Paysannerie--Activité politique.--Chine
Widerstand.
Landbevölkerung.
Politisches Handeln.
Politik.
Landbevölkerung--Politisches Handeln--China.
China--Rural conditions.
Chine--Conditions rurales.
China.
China--Landbevölkerung--Politisches Handeln.
China--Politik--Landbevölkerung--Widerstand.
JQ1516 / .O27 2006
305.5/633/0951