J Benney
Biographic Data
| ID | 7095 |
|---|---|
| NAME | J Benney |
| GIVEN NAMES | J |
| FAMILY NAME | Benney |
| SIGNATURE | BENNEY J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Monash University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6972-9591 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 32 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Obituary Anne E. McLaren: July 23, 1952–March 6, 2026
Smoothness, beauty, and persuasion in Chinese political visual culture
Teaching culture in a competitive market: The introduction of VCE Chinese Language, Culture, and Society
In 2012, the White Paper Australia in the Asian Century urged governments across Australia to improve access to Asian studies in schools. Despite this, schools still struggle to maintain interest and success for secondary students, particularly those without an Asian family background. In response to the low numbers of non-Chinese-background students graduating from secondary schools with proficiency in Chinese language, the Victorian government …
The importance of fitting society and culture into Australian university language courses
Decentralization of Political Design in China
Political posters, banners, and similar objects are extremely common in China. This article uses political design from contemporary China, particularly emphasizing the government's Chinese Dream campaign, to analyze what at first appears to be a paradox. The subjects of the various campaigns and the language they use are mandated by the central government and promoted through central and local publicity departments. However, the graphic aspects o…
Aesthetic Resources in Contemporary Chinese Politics
This essay argues for the primacy of aesthetic resources, which use appeals to the senses and emotions more than interpersonal negotiation or empirical reasoning, in contemporary Chinese political communication. Chinese officials and citizens create politically acceptable utterances by assembling existing aesthetic resources in particular orders. This strategy has partly been forced on the party state by its internally contradictory history and h…
Selective use of political opportunity: A case of environmental protest in rural China
This paper explores the selective and instrumental use of political opportunity in Chinese contentious politics through the study of a rural environmental protest. By considering the transmission of political opportunity through different levels of government, it also analyses the phenomenon of leakage of political opportunity. We argue that political opportunities can be divided into soft and hard types, which are weighted differently by activis…
Weiwen at the Grassroots: China’s stability maintenance apparatus as a means of conflict resolution
This article assesses stability maintenance (weiwen) as a means of conflict resolution in China. It argues that the resolution of local disputes in China, particularly outside cities, is now being influenced and facilitated by the discourse and practice of stability maintenance, rather than legal methods and traditional mediation processes. This conclusion adds to the existing academic views of stability maintenance, which have previously emphasi…
Introduction: Modes of Activism and Engagement in the Chinese Public Sphere
We also acknowledge the advice provided by the anonymous referees of this article and the others who contributed to this section
The Aesthetics of Chinese Microblogging: State and Market Control of Weibo
Microblogs, epitomized by Twitter in the West and Weibo in China, have attracted considerable attention over the past few years. There have been a number of optimistic accounts about their potential to stimulate political activism and social change, juxtaposed with suggestions that their networks are too weak and that they are too easily censored for such change to occur. Yet, in this debate, little attention has been paid to the medium itself; m…
Rights Defence and the Virtual China
Over the past decade, a striking new term has appeared in the Chinese lexicon: “rights defence” [weiquan]. Rights defence has become a significant aspect of China's evolving legal consciousness and
Weiwen at the Grassroots: China’s stability maintenance apparatus as a means of conflict resolution
This article assesses stability maintenance (weiwen) as a means of conflict resolution in China. It argues that the resolution of local disputes in China, particularly outside cities, is now being influenced and facilitated by the discourse and practice of stability maintenance, rather than legal methods and traditional mediation processes. This conclusion adds to the existing academic views of stability maintenance, which have previously emphasi…
Aesthetic Resources in Contemporary Chinese Politics
This essay argues for the primacy of aesthetic resources, which use appeals to the senses and emotions more than interpersonal negotiation or empirical reasoning, in contemporary Chinese political communication. Chinese officials and citizens create politically acceptable utterances by assembling existing aesthetic resources in particular orders. This strategy has partly been forced on the party state by its internally contradictory history and h…
Selective use of political opportunity: A case of environmental protest in rural China
This paper explores the selective and instrumental use of political opportunity in Chinese contentious politics through the study of a rural environmental protest. By considering the transmission of political opportunity through different levels of government, it also analyses the phenomenon of leakage of political opportunity. We argue that political opportunities can be divided into soft and hard types, which are weighted differently by activis…
Introduction: Modes of Activism and Engagement in the Chinese Public Sphere
We also acknowledge the advice provided by the anonymous referees of this article and the others who contributed to this section
Decentralization of Political Design in China
Political posters, banners, and similar objects are extremely common in China. This article uses political design from contemporary China, particularly emphasizing the government's Chinese Dream campaign, to analyze what at first appears to be a paradox. The subjects of the various campaigns and the language they use are mandated by the central government and promoted through central and local publicity departments. However, the graphic aspects o…
Rights Defence and the Virtual China
Over the past decade, a striking new term has appeared in the Chinese lexicon: “rights defence” [weiquan]. Rights defence has become a significant aspect of China's evolving legal consciousness and
Rights Defence and the Virtual China
Over the past decade, a striking new term has appeared in the Chinese lexicon: “rights defence” [weiquan]. Rights defence has become a significant aspect of China's evolving legal consciousness and
The Aesthetics of Chinese Microblogging: State and Market Control of Weibo
Microblogs, epitomized by Twitter in the West and Weibo in China, have attracted considerable attention over the past few years. There have been a number of optimistic accounts about their potential to stimulate political activism and social change, juxtaposed with suggestions that their networks are too weak and that they are too easily censored for such change to occur. Yet, in this debate, little attention has been paid to the medium itself; m…
Introduction: Modes of Activism and Engagement in the Chinese Public Sphere
We also acknowledge the advice provided by the anonymous referees of this article and the others who contributed to this section
Weiwen at the Grassroots: China’s stability maintenance apparatus as a means of conflict resolution
This article assesses stability maintenance (weiwen) as a means of conflict resolution in China. It argues that the resolution of local disputes in China, particularly outside cities, is now being influenced and facilitated by the discourse and practice of stability maintenance, rather than legal methods and traditional mediation processes. This conclusion adds to the existing academic views of stability maintenance, which have previously emphasi…
Selective use of political opportunity: A case of environmental protest in rural China
This paper explores the selective and instrumental use of political opportunity in Chinese contentious politics through the study of a rural environmental protest. By considering the transmission of political opportunity through different levels of government, it also analyses the phenomenon of leakage of political opportunity. We argue that political opportunities can be divided into soft and hard types, which are weighted differently by activis…
Decentralization of Political Design in China
Political posters, banners, and similar objects are extremely common in China. This article uses political design from contemporary China, particularly emphasizing the government's Chinese Dream campaign, to analyze what at first appears to be a paradox. The subjects of the various campaigns and the language they use are mandated by the central government and promoted through central and local publicity departments. However, the graphic aspects o…
Aesthetic Resources in Contemporary Chinese Politics
This essay argues for the primacy of aesthetic resources, which use appeals to the senses and emotions more than interpersonal negotiation or empirical reasoning, in contemporary Chinese political communication. Chinese officials and citizens create politically acceptable utterances by assembling existing aesthetic resources in particular orders. This strategy has partly been forced on the party state by its internally contradictory history and h…
The importance of fitting society and culture into Australian university language courses
Teaching culture in a competitive market: The introduction of VCE Chinese Language, Culture, and Society
In 2012, the White Paper Australia in the Asian Century urged governments across Australia to improve access to Asian studies in schools. Despite this, schools still struggle to maintain interest and success for secondary students, particularly those without an Asian family background. In response to the low numbers of non-Chinese-background students graduating from secondary schools with proficiency in Chinese language, the Victorian government …
Obituary Anne E. McLaren: July 23, 1952–March 6, 2026
Smoothness, beauty, and persuasion in Chinese political visual culture
Law (9 works) · Political science (9 works) · Sociology (9 works) · China (6 works) · China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance (6 works) · Politics (6 works) · Chinese history and philosophy (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Hong Kong and Taiwan Politics (4 works) · Public relations (4 works)