Patterns of Protest in the People's Republic of China

A Provincial Level Analysis

Bibliographic Data

ID11069261
AuthorsVictor Cheung Yin Chan (corresponding author), Jeremy Backstrom, T David Mason (0000-0003-2953-624X)
Year2014
Volume41
Issue3
Pages91-107
Publication date2014-07-03
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAsian Affairs An American Review (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0092-7678 • E-ISSN: 1940-1590
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00927678.2014.936799
OpenAlexW2061426785
LanguageEN
Citations received8

Since the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989, there have been no national protest movements in the People's Republic of China (PRC). This is the longest period in the history of the PRC without a major national protest movement. Nonetheless, the number of small, local protests or “mass incidents” (as they are termed by the Chinese government) has increased from 9,000 a year in 1994 to over 180,000 in 2010. Most of these incidents target local party and government agencies and/or local firms. Protests by peasants are often motivated by land confiscation by local governments, while worker protests are often over firm treatment of works (including pay, benefits, and job security). More general protests arise over what participants perceive as unfair and illegal extractions of fines, fees, and other payments by local government and party units. We present a theoretical argument on how grievances and mobilization capacity affect the likelihood of protests occurring in a locale. We then test propositions

Argument (complex analysis · Business · China · Confiscation · Economics · Government (linguistics · Local government · Payment · People's Republic · Political economy · Political science · China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance · Finance · Law · Public Administration

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