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The Resource Making activists in global China : transnational mobilization in the Falun Gong and the Chinese democracy movement, Andrew Junker, (electronic resource)

Making activists in global China : transnational mobilization in the Falun Gong and the Chinese democracy movement, Andrew Junker, (electronic resource)

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Making activists in global China : transnational mobilization in the Falun Gong and the Chinese democracy movement
Title
Making activists in global China
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transnational mobilization in the Falun Gong and the Chinese democracy movement
Statement of responsibility
Andrew Junker
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Subject
Language
eng
Summary
"The student-led democracy movement of 1989 and Falun Gong are famous cases of popular opposition movements in reform-era China, but scholars do not typically see them as belonging to a common class of social phenomenon. The 1989 student movement, which was part of a broader Chinese democratic movement known as Zhongguo minzhu yundong or just "Minyun," is seen as a progressive social movement and a pivotal turning point in modern Chinese history. Before and after June 4, 1989, domestic Chinese politics were starkly different. For better or worse, the significance of Minyun for contemporary Chinese history is widely recognized. The Falun Gong case, by contrast, more often than not goes unseen. When it is beheld, it is usually noted as a reactionary, semi-religious aberration in Chinese politics-as-usual. Falun Gong had spectacular but ephemeral importance in 1999 and shortly thereafter, but today remains a topic left mostly to the rare subfield specialist. This book takes the unconventional stance that these two movements ought to be apprised together"--
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Junker, Andrew
Index
index present
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
  • dictionaries
  • bibliography
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  • Falun Gong (Organization)
  • Social movements
  • Protest movements
  • Democratization
  • Transnationalism
  • Chinese
  • China
  • China
  • China
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Making activists in global China : transnational mobilization in the Falun Gong and the Chinese democracy movement, Andrew Junker, (electronic resource)
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Publication
Note
Revision of author's thesis (doctoral)--Yale University, 2012, titled Sacred and secular protest in the Chinese diaspora : Falun Gong and the Chinese democracy movement
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Contents
Protest made in global China -- Comparing Falun Gong and Minyun as movements -- The forgotten importance of Falun Gong -- Falun Gong : Qigong fad, new religion, protest movement -- Falun Gong's history of "stepping forward" -- Overseas Minyun : democracy through bureaucracy, factionalism, and asylum
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ssj0002126809
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unknown
Extent
1 online resource (pages cm)
Form of item
online
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Access restricted to subscribing institutions
Isbn
9781108482998
Isbn Type
(alk. paper)
Lccn
2018051974
Specific material designation
remote
System control number
(WaSeSS)ssj0002126809
Label
Making activists in global China : transnational mobilization in the Falun Gong and the Chinese democracy movement, Andrew Junker, (electronic resource)
Publication
Note
Revision of author's thesis (doctoral)--Yale University, 2012, titled Sacred and secular protest in the Chinese diaspora : Falun Gong and the Chinese democracy movement
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Contents
Protest made in global China -- Comparing Falun Gong and Minyun as movements -- The forgotten importance of Falun Gong -- Falun Gong : Qigong fad, new religion, protest movement -- Falun Gong's history of "stepping forward" -- Overseas Minyun : democracy through bureaucracy, factionalism, and asylum
Control code
ssj0002126809
Dimensions
unknown
Extent
1 online resource (pages cm)
Form of item
online
Governing access note
Access restricted to subscribing institutions
Isbn
9781108482998
Isbn Type
(alk. paper)
Lccn
2018051974
Specific material designation
remote
System control number
(WaSeSS)ssj0002126809

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