Handling of unyielding complaints in China : process dynamics and outcomes / Xiaowei Gui.
2022
HN733.5 G85 2022eb
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Title
Handling of unyielding complaints in China : process dynamics and outcomes / Xiaowei Gui.
Author
Gui, Xiaowei.
ISBN
9789811959240 (electronic bk.)
9811959242 (electronic bk.)
9811959234
9789811959233
9811959242 (electronic bk.)
9811959234
9789811959233
Published
Singapore : Springer, 2022.
Copyright
©2022
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (ix, 204 pages)
Item Number
10.1007/978-981-19-5924-0 doi
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HN733.5 G85 2022eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
361.6/10951
Summary
This book provides a framework of protest handling which redirects our attention away from the strength of protesters and towards the constraints of state power, drawing on detailed case studies randomly collected in 7 provinces in China over the last decade. It finds that the challenges of retaining legitimacy, the propensity for responsiveness, the contradictions of the petition system, and the dynamics of elite alignments are key elements shaping the fate of nail-like petitions. A nail-like person refers to the individual who looks like a stubborn nail on a plank of wood that cannot be easily hammered down. His persistent protest thus is theoretically puzzling, since such individual-based protest is assumed to be too weak to effectively challenge a powerful authoritarian regime. Although this phenomenon is widely observed in China, it is ignored by current studies on collective action. Meanwhile, this book delves into the life politics of nail-like persons and reveals that their escalation of grievance, marginalized social status, inability of pursuing desirable lives through legitimate means, and communication with fellow petitioners also reinforce their determination of contention. This book describes deeply the fate of individual-based protests in China. It scrutinizes the states role in shaping contention at its macro, intermediate, and micro levels, and meanwhile pay more attention to local specifics that are crucial to uncovering the logic of petitioners' actions and consciousness. This book has implications for scholars and graduates who are interested in contentious politics and state-society interactions in China.
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HANDLING OF UNYIELDING COMPLAINTS IN CHINA.
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Table of Contents
Introduction
Fieldwork in the Y District and Elsewhere
Handling Contention in China: A Framework to Scrutinize the State's Position More Meticulously
Selective Implementation in the Offline Xinfang System
Institutional Absorption in the Online Xinfang System
How Local Authorities Handle Unyielding Complaints and Why Concessions Are Made
How Local Authorities Negotiate with Nail Residents and Why Concessions Are Made
Life Politics of Unyielding Complainants and Their Contention
Unyielding Complaints in China's Eclectic State.
Fieldwork in the Y District and Elsewhere
Handling Contention in China: A Framework to Scrutinize the State's Position More Meticulously
Selective Implementation in the Offline Xinfang System
Institutional Absorption in the Online Xinfang System
How Local Authorities Handle Unyielding Complaints and Why Concessions Are Made
How Local Authorities Negotiate with Nail Residents and Why Concessions Are Made
Life Politics of Unyielding Complainants and Their Contention
Unyielding Complaints in China's Eclectic State.