Contentious Veterans
China’s Retired Officers Speak Out
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2340940 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kevin J O’brien (0000-0001-9696-4792, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA), Neil J Diamant (Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA, USA, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 41 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 563-581 |
| Publication date | 2015-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Armed Forces & Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0095-327X • E-ISSN: 1556-0848 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0095327x14542176 |
| OpenAlex | W3122816803 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
| References cited | 2 |
What drives retired military officers in China toward contention? Decades of research on protest has produced little on veterans' collection action, and even less on that by ex-officers. Newspaper reports, police journals, and veterans' blogs show that contention by Chinese former officers (ranging from occupying government compounds to marches, mass petitioning, open letters, and class action lawsuits) is the result of bad luck in post-military job assignments, a fragmented political system that makes it difficult to ensure that pensions and other benefits reach retirees, and pervasive corruption that leads ex-officers to feel that local officials have embezzled funds meant for them. Contention by former officers typically uses military rhetoric and builds on military experiences, even for former officers who were employed in civilian jobs for many years. Although contention by ex-officers is not likely to rock the state, it says much about how 'sticky' military identities are, where veterans fit in the political landscape, Leninist civil-military relations, and the treatment that old soldiers receive in a fast changing socioeconomic order
China · Civil–military relations · Criminology · Government (linguistics) · Luck · Military government · Newspaper · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Sociology · State (computer science) · Employment and Welfare Studies · Law · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Public Administration
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Responsive Authoritarianism in China
“Beijing Dama Have Something to Say”
State Governance and Protest Fragmentation
Veteran politics
Behind Veterans’ Protests
How population ageing drives up China's military spending
Military Service and Health Outcomes of the Elderly in China
Managing the Migration From Military to Civil Society
| Unique citing works | 9 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,9 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2026 (11) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |