State and social protests in China

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State and social protests in China

Statement of responsibility

Yongshun Cai, Hong Kong University of Science & Technology; Chih-Jou Jay Chen, Academia Sinica, Institute of Sociology

Creator

• Cai, Yongshun

Contributor

• Chen, Chih-Jou Jay, 1966-

Subject

• Protest movements -- China
• Social change -- China
• Social control -- China

Language

eng

Summary

"China has witnessed numerous incidents of social protests over the past three decades. Protests create uncertainty for authoritarian governments, and the Chinese government has created, strengthened, and coordinated multiple dispute-resolution institutions to manage social conflicts and protests. Accommodating the aggrieved prevents the accumulation of grievances in society, but concessions require resources. As the frequency and scale of collective action are closely tied to the political opportunity for action, the Chinese government has also contained collective action by shaping the political opportunity available to the aggrieved. This study shows that when the Chinese central government prioritizes social control, as it has under Xi Jinping's leadership, it signals its preference and that it will tolerate local governments' use of coercion. As a result, the central and local governments create an environment that is not conducive to the mobilization of collective action. Although reactive collective actions have still occurred in China, large-scale occurrences have been uncommon in recent years"--

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Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Series statement

Elements in politics and society in East Asia,