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題名 The Nature of Popular Protest and the Employment of Repressive State Capacity in China
作者 王信實
WANG, SHINN-SHYR
王信賢
WANG, HSIN-HSIEN
曾偉峰
TZENG, WEI-FENG
貢獻者 Issues & Studies
關鍵詞 Popular protest ; contentious politics ; maintenance of stability ; repression ; violence
日期 2019-03
上傳時間 29-Nov-2019 09:40:06 (UTC+8)
摘要 While China`s economic reforms have produced undeniably positive outcomes, a rapid increase in popular protests has become most striking in recent years. As protests grow steadily in both scale and frequency, the government continues to tout social stability as the chief concern of China today. These mounting tensions reflect a direct clash of horns between the maintenance of stability and the public`s desire to exercise their rights, frequently culminating in acts of repression by the Chinese state in order to quell the unrest. This raises an important question: how can the relationship between repression and popular protest in China be characterized? More specifically, which precise circumstances of popular protest elicit the employment of China`s repressive state capacity? Taking into account both theoretical perspectives and empirical analysis, this paper attempts to elucidate the issue by first collating a large body of data to clarify the precise characteristics of popular protest, then undertaking quantitative analysis to identify which factors trigger the mobilization of China`s machinery of repression. Furthermore, this study identifies that in recent years, the use of state repression has risen in parallel with an increasing emphasis on the principle of "maintaining social stability" in China.
關聯 Issues & Studies, Vol.55, No.1, pp.1-28
資料類型 article
dc.contributor Issues & Studies-
dc.creator (作者) 王信實-
dc.creator (作者) WANG, SHINN-SHYR-
dc.creator (作者) 王信賢-
dc.creator (作者) WANG, HSIN-HSIEN-
dc.creator (作者) 曾偉峰-
dc.creator (作者) TZENG, WEI-FENG-
dc.date (日期) 2019-03-
dc.date.accessioned 29-Nov-2019 09:40:06 (UTC+8)-
dc.date.available 29-Nov-2019 09:40:06 (UTC+8)-
dc.date.issued (上傳時間) 29-Nov-2019 09:40:06 (UTC+8)-
dc.identifier.uri (URI) http://nccur.lib.nccu.edu.tw/handle/140.119/127638-
dc.description.abstract (摘要) While China`s economic reforms have produced undeniably positive outcomes, a rapid increase in popular protests has become most striking in recent years. As protests grow steadily in both scale and frequency, the government continues to tout social stability as the chief concern of China today. These mounting tensions reflect a direct clash of horns between the maintenance of stability and the public`s desire to exercise their rights, frequently culminating in acts of repression by the Chinese state in order to quell the unrest. This raises an important question: how can the relationship between repression and popular protest in China be characterized? More specifically, which precise circumstances of popular protest elicit the employment of China`s repressive state capacity? Taking into account both theoretical perspectives and empirical analysis, this paper attempts to elucidate the issue by first collating a large body of data to clarify the precise characteristics of popular protest, then undertaking quantitative analysis to identify which factors trigger the mobilization of China`s machinery of repression. Furthermore, this study identifies that in recent years, the use of state repression has risen in parallel with an increasing emphasis on the principle of "maintaining social stability" in China.-
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dc.relation (關聯) Issues & Studies, Vol.55, No.1, pp.1-28-
dc.subject (關鍵詞) Popular protest ; contentious politics ; maintenance of stability ; repression ; violence-
dc.title (題名) The Nature of Popular Protest and the Employment of Repressive State Capacity in China-
dc.type (資料類型) article-