Playing by the Informal Rules: Why the Chinese Regime Remains Stable Despite Rising Protests

ISBN-13: 9781108470780 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 222 str.

Yao Li

Opis

Sheds new light on social protest and its implications on power, rules, legitimacy, and resistance in modern societies.

Recenzje

'Playing by the Informal Rules is a carefully-researched and important contribution to the debates on popular contention in China and protest in authoritarian regimes.' H. Christoph Steinhardt, Democratization

Spis treści

1. Introduction: rising protests and regime stability; 2. Mapping the space for protest; 3. Accommodating informal norms in regime-engaging protests; 4. Unequal application of accommodating informal norms: inequality in protest space; 5. Antagonistic informal norms in regime-threatening protests; 6. Conclusion; Appendix I; Appendix II; References; Index.