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Challenging the Mandate of Heaven : Social Protest and State Power in China

by Elizabeth J. Perry
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Chinese protests: A historical & contemporary perspective.

This book is a must-read for anyone interested in Chinese history and its impact on today's society. It provides a unique perspective by exploring social protest movements that span centuries and political systems in China. The author brings together a range of studies on protest that highlight the patterns and evolution of contentious politics in China. This book offers a thought-provoking analysis of how social movements can reinforce, refine, or reshape theories of contentious politics developed from Western contexts.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

Challenging the Mandate of Heaven : Social Protest and State Power in China

by Elizabeth J. Perry
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ISBN: 9780765604453
Authors: Elizabeth J. Perry
Publisher: Routledge
Date of Publication: 2002-01-31
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: History, Politics
Related Topics: History, Political Science, Sociology
Goodreads rating: 4.0
(rated by 3 readers)

Description

Social science theories of contentious politics have been based almost exclusively on evidence drawn from the European and American experience, and classic texts in the field make no mention of either the Chinese Communist revolution or the Cultural Revolution -- surely two of the most momentous social movements of the twentieth century. Moreover, China's record of popular upheaval stretches back well beyond this century, indeed all the way back to the third century B.C. This book, by bringing together studies of protest that span the imperial, Republican, and Communist eras, introduces Chinese patterns and provides a forum to consider ways in which contentious politics in China might serve to reinforce, refine or reshape theories derived from Western cases.
 

Chinese protests: A historical & contemporary perspective.

This book is a must-read for anyone interested in Chinese history and its impact on today's society. It provides a unique perspective by exploring social protest movements that span centuries and political systems in China. The author brings together a range of studies on protest that highlight the patterns and evolution of contentious politics in China. This book offers a thought-provoking analysis of how social movements can reinforce, refine, or reshape theories of contentious politics developed from Western contexts.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.