Popular Politics And The Quest For Justice In Contemporary China

Author : Susanne Brandtstädter,Hans Steinmüller
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2017-06-14
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781315391922

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Popular Politics and the Quest for Justice in Contemporary China by Susanne Brandtstädter,Hans Steinmüller Pdf

The rise of popular politics is among one the most significant social and political developments the People’s Republic of China has witnessed in the post-Mao era. People from all walks of life have responded to rising inequalities and the privatization of collective goods with a new quest for justice. Although China has remained a censorial society under the authoritarian rule of the Chinese Communist Party, state-society relations are being remade by interventions of emergent publics through word and action. In this book, a group of anthropologists, specializing in Chinese society, examine various facets of popular politics, which are animated by the pursuit of justice, fairness and good government. The ethnographic chapters collectively analyse how ‘the political’ arises in particular judicial situations, provoking public judgements or other forms of critical engagement. Focusing on the interplay between private and public spaces, between morality and law and between speech and action, the contributors in this book explore how such engagements are changing Chinese society from the bottom-up. As the first systematic exploration of the relationship between popular politics, emergent publics and notions of justice in contemporary China, this book will be useful for students of Chinese Studies, Politics and Anthropology.

Author : Susanne Brandtstädter
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 179 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2017-06-14
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781315391939

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Popular Politics and the Quest for Justice in Contemporary China by Susanne Brandtstädter Pdf

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction - Judging the state: emerging publics and the quest for justice in contemporary China -- 1 'Battles over green space': land disputes, rights activism, and emerging publics in urban China -- 2 Making personal life political: political trajectories of everyday conversations in China's online communities -- 3 Marginalizing the law: corporate social responsibility, worker hotlines and the shifting grounds of rights consciousness in contemporary China -- 4 Judging publics and contested exclusion: the moral economy of citizenship in China -- 5 Policy documents: imaginations of the state and the struggle for justice in a Chinese land-losing village -- 6 Fighting for one's life: the making and unmaking of public goods in the Yunnanese countryside -- 7 Public Buddhist philosophy: civic engagement and discursive space among a religious group in Shanghai -- 8 Concealing and revealing senses of justice in rural China -- A brief afterword -- Index.

Author : Thomas Heberer
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2023-08-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000924893

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Social Disciplining and Civilising Processes in China by Thomas Heberer Pdf

This book argues that a major part of the Chinese government’s road map, formulated in 2017, to modernise China comprehensively by 2049 is the process of social disciplining. It contends that the Chinese state sees that modernisation and modernity encompass not only economic and political–administrative change but are also related to the organisation of society in general and the disciplining of this society and its individuals to create people with “modernised” minds and behaviour; and that, moreover, the Chinese state is aspiring to a modernity with “Chinese characteristics”. The question of modernising by disciplining was extensively dealt with in the twentieth century by leading Western social scientists including Max Weber, Norbert Elias and Michel Foucault, who argued that disciplining, extending from external coercion towards the internalisation of restraints, is indispensable for achieving social order and thereby for “civilisation” –but defined from a European perspective, in relation to developments in Europe. This book therefore not only discusses the Chinese experience of social disciplining, but also, by looking at a non-Western society, identifies universal tendencies of societal change and social disciplining and separates them from particular occurrences.

Author : Weiqing Song
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 247 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2017-10-04
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781351850742

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China's Relations with Central and Eastern Europe by Weiqing Song Pdf

As China rises as an economic and an international power, new relationships are being forged with all areas of the world including Central and Eastern Europe. This book explores how this relationship is developing. It considers how China’s links with Central and Eastern Europe fit in to China’s overall international relations strategies. It looks at economic and trade ties, diplomatic initiatives and the role of the European Union, and examines China’s bilateral relations with the different states of the region. These relationships are particularly interesting because before the end of communism in Eastern Europe China had many direct links with the countries of the region.

Author : Fiona Anciano,Joanna Wheeler
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2021-03-23
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000362145

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Political Values and Narratives of Resistance by Fiona Anciano,Joanna Wheeler Pdf

This book brings together multidisciplinary perspectives to explore how political values and acts of resistance impact the delivery of social justice in post-colonial states. Everyday life in post-colonial states, such as South Africa and Zimbabwe, is characterized by injustices that have both a historical and contemporary nature. From fishers in Cape Town accused of poaching, to residents of Bulawayo demanding access to water, this book focuses on the relationship between the state and groups that have been historically oppressed due to being on the margins of the political, economic and social system. It draws on empirical research from 12 scholars looking at cases in Brazil, India, South Africa and Zimbabwe. Chapters explore questions such as what citizens, especially those from marginalized groups, want from the state. The book looks at the political values of citizens and how these are formed in the process of engaging with the state and through everyday injustices. It also asks why and how citizens resist the state, with examples of protest, as well as less visible forms of resistance reflecting complex histories and power relations. Finally, the book explores how narratives and counter-narratives reveal the nature of political values and perceptions of what is just. Taken together these elements show the evolution of post-colonial social contracts. Examining important themes in political science, anthropology, sociology and urban geography, this book will appeal to scholars and students interested in political values, justice, social movements and resistance.

Author : Ranbir Vohra
Publisher : Penguin Mass Market
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015025199384

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China, the Search for Social Justice and Democracy by Ranbir Vohra Pdf

Author : Jie Chen
Publisher : Woodrow Wilson Center Press
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : History
ISBN : 9780804749596

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Popular Political Support in Urban China by Jie Chen Pdf

Has the current political system in the People's Republic of China lost its legitimacy in the eyes of the Chinese public? On the basis of three carefully drawn surveys of Beijing residents between 1995 and 1999, the author finds that diffuse support for the current political system—based on attitudes toward institutions and values—remains strong, at least among city-dwellers, though it is gradually declining. Specific support for current political authorities, as measured by evaluations of their performance in major policy domains, is much weaker, with many citizens evaluating the authorities' performance as mediocre. In analyzing the longitudinal data presented here, the author finds that the same set of key sociodemographic attributes and sociopolitical orientations variably influence citizens' attitudes toward the political system and their evaluations of leaders' performance. Further, the study shows that citizens' attitudes toward the system, on the one hand, and their evaluation of incumbents' performance on the other, have different impacts on forms of political participation, such as voting and contacting authorities.

Author : Kevin J. O'Brien,Lianjiang Li
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 5 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2006-02-13
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781139450980

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Rightful Resistance in Rural China by Kevin J. O'Brien,Lianjiang Li Pdf

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.

Author : Vivienne Shue,Patricia M. Thornton
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 335 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2017-10-26
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781107193529

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To Govern China by Vivienne Shue,Patricia M. Thornton Pdf

This book presents a uniquely dynamic and fluid model of political evolution in the world's largest and most powerful authoritarian regime.

Author : John Israel,Joint Committee on Contemporary China. Subcommittee on Chinese Government and Politics
Publisher : Seattle : University of Washington Press
Page : 560 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : China
ISBN : STANFORD:36105000092424

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Ideology and Politics in Contemporary China by John Israel,Joint Committee on Contemporary China. Subcommittee on Chinese Government and Politics Pdf

Author : Flora Sapio,Susan Trevaskes,Sarah Biddulph,Elisa Nesossi
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2019-01-31
Category : Law
ISBN : 1316639045

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Justice by Flora Sapio,Susan Trevaskes,Sarah Biddulph,Elisa Nesossi Pdf

Claims about a pursuit of justice weave through all periods of China's modern history. But what do authorities mean when they refer to 'justice' and do Chinese citizens interpret justice in the same way as their leaders? This book explores how certain ideas about justice have come to be dominant in Chinese polity and society, and how some conceptions of justice have been rendered more powerful and legitimate than others. This book's focus on 'how' justice works incorporates a concern about the processes that lead to the making, un-making and re-making of distinct conceptions of justice. Investigating the processes and frameworks through which certain ideas about justice have come to the political and social forefront in China today, this innovative work explains how these ideas are articulated through spoken performances and written expression by both the party-state and its citizenry.

Author : Dan Lynch,Stanley Rosen
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2010-01-28
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781135149994

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Chinese Politics by Dan Lynch,Stanley Rosen Pdf

Explores the changes occurring in China - what are the goals of political contestation, how are Chinese Communist Party leaders legitimizing their rule, who are the specific actors involved in contesting state legitimacy and what are the implications of changing state-society relations for the future viability of the People's Republic.

Author : Jeffrey N Wasserstrom
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 567 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2018-02-07
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780429974458

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Popular Protest And Political Culture In Modern China by Jeffrey N Wasserstrom Pdf

This innovative and widely praised volume uses the dramatic occupation of Tiananmen Square as the foundation for rethinking the cultural dimensions of Chinese politics. Now in a revised and expanded second edition, the book includes enhanced coverage of key issues, such as the political dimensions of popular culture (addressed in a new chapter on Chinese rock-and-roll by Andrew Jones) and the struggle for control of public discourse in the post-1989 era (discussed in a new chapter by Tony Saich). Two especially valuable additions to the second edition are art historian Tsao Tsing-yuan's eyewitness account of the making of the Goddess of Democracy, and an exposition of Chinese understandings of the term ?revolution? contributed by Liu Xiaobo, one of China's most controversial dissident intellectuals. The volume also includes an analysis (by noted social theorist and historical sociologist Craig C. Calhoun) of the similarities and differences between the ?new? social movements of recent decades and the ?old? social movements of earlier eras.TEXT CONCLUSION: To facilitate classroom use, the volume has been reorganized into groups of interrelated essays. The editors introduce each section and offer a list of suggested readings that complement the material in that section.

Author : Suisheng Zhao
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2018-10-11
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781351972147

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Debating Regime Legitimacy in Contemporary China by Suisheng Zhao Pdf

This comprehensive volume is a three-part study of whether the Chinese political system has maintained a significant degree of regime legitimacy in the context of rising domestic discontent, in particular the popular protests against socio-economic inequality and environment degradation. Part I presents the scholarly debate on the theoretical refinement and empirical measurement of regime legitimacy in contemporary China. Part II focuses on the challenges to regime legitimacy of the increasingly widespread popular protests and civil activism. Part III examines the regime’s responses to these challenges, including coercive repression, adaptation, and economic performance. This book finds that, while repression can hardly stop popular protests – and often backfires – economic performance legitimacy is increasingly difficult to be maintained. The only way out is the adaptation to the changing domestic and international environment. The chapters in this collection were originally published in the Journal of Contemporary China.

Author : Peter R. Moody
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0739120468

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Conservative Thought in Contemporary China by Peter R. Moody Pdf

Conservative Thought in Contemporary China examines the evolution of conservative politics in China, which has become increasingly prevalent following the death of Mao Zedong in 1978. Peter Moody traces the roots of conservatism through the imperial system, the Republican period, and the pre-Cultural Revolution People's Republic, all of which influence contemporary Chinese politics.