Villagers and Popular Resistance in Contemporary China
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6008296 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Lianjiang Li (0000-0002-7315-9640, Chinese University of Hong Kong), Lianjiang Li Lianjiang Li (The Ohio State University), Kevin J O''Brien, Kevin J O’brien (0000-0001-9696-4792, University of California, Berkeley), Kevin J O'Brien (The Ohio State University) |
| Year | 1996 |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 28-61 |
| Publication date | 1996-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Modern China (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0097-7004 • E-ISSN: 1552-6836 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/009770049602200102 |
| OpenAlex | W1997112812 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 66 |
| References cited | 15 |
Using interviews with peasants and cadres in North China, compliant villagers (shunmin), recalcitrants (dingzihu), and policy-based resisters (diaomin) are distinguished by reference to their resistance routines (or lack of resistance). Compared to both violent acts and everyday forms of resistance, policy-based resistance is typically less risky and more effective, because its practitioners employ beneficial central policies to defy local leaders who they believe have ignored or violated these policies. Acting under the sufferance of authorities at higher levels and within the rubric of prevailing political values and norms, policy-based resisters occupy an intermediate position between subjects and citizens. Moreover, their active pursuit of policy-based (sometimes proactive) claims may indicate the growth of rights consciousness in the Chinese countryside
Bureaucracy · China · Consciousness · Pedagogy · Political consciousness · Political science · Politics · Resistance (ecology · Rubric · Rural area · Sociology · China's Ethnic Minorities and Relations · China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance · Chinese history and philosophy · Law · Psychology · Public Administration
When the Miracle Ends
Introduction
Red Capitalists in China
Taxation without Representation in Contemporary Rural China
Taxation without Representation
Reassessing Trust in the Central Government
Rural Youth and Youth Culture in North China
Learning to be Capitalists
How China’s citizens view the quality of governance under Xi Jinping
Mining institutions, contention and credibility
Protesting power
The ballot or the bullet? Public awareness of grassroots elections and regime stability in China
Deliberating Governance in Chinese Urban Communities
The Reach of the State
The Effect of Media Use on Institutional Trust in China
Support for Anti-corruption Campaigns in Rural China
ICT Use and Entrepreneurial Mobilization of Chinese Grassroots Activists in and beyond Cyberspace
Expanding lake and the landless pastoralists in pastoral Tibet, China
Tourism development and resistance in China
Social Movements in China and Hong Kong
Land reform, emerging grassroots democracy and political trust in China
Big Plans, Empty Pockets
Ecological engineering on the Sichuan frontier
Hoping for state policy and “policy-based resistance”
Governing Environmental Conflicts in China
Path to Democracy? Assessing village elections in China
Beyond top-down/bottom-up
The Internet and the Rise of a Transnational Chinese Cultural Sphere
Talking Back
The Empowering Effect of Village Elections in China
Controlling the Chinese Media
From Covert to Overt
Village Committee Elections in China
Gender and Political Participation in the Chinese Countryside
What Drives People to Protest in an Authoritarian Country? Resources and Rewards vs Risks of Protests in Urban and Rural China
Local Distrust and Regime Support
Distrust in Government Leaders, Demand for Leadership Change, and Preference for Popular Elections in Rural China
Conflict and Conflict Resolution in China
Becoming a Good Citizen for a Better Life
Popular Contention and its Impact in Rural China
Democracy, Community, Trust
Elitism and Exclusion in Mass Protest
Democracy and political participation
Learning to Love Democracy
Accepting the Bargain? An Experimental Study of Political Rights, Economic Development and Support for Government in Rural China
Villagers, Elections, and Citizenship in Contemporary China
Political Trust in Rural China
Climbing the Dispute Pagoda
The Practice of Law as an Obstacle to Justice
The Impact of Culture on Chinese Judges' Decision-Making in Contractual Damages Cases
Reflections on the Chinese State
Schematic categorization of governments moderates the association between the orientation toward authority and government trust in China
Street as Courtroom
New Perspectives from the Oldest Profession
"Land Grabbing" in an Autocracy and a Multi-Party Democracy
Temple Construction and the Revival of Popular Religion in Jinhua
Temporal dynamics of political trust in China
Political Participation in the Chinese Countryside
Le tourisme et le développement économique des régions reculées et ethniques de Chine
Moral narratives of state policy
Learning the knacks of actually existing capitalism
How Local Authorities Handle Nail-Like Petitions and Why Concessions are Made
Prospects for village self-governance in China
Insiders eating home-grown food', home gardens of Chinese smallholders, and hidden resistance in the food regime transition
How grassroots cadres broker land taking in urbanizing China
Does social insurance enrollment improve citizen assessment of local government performance? Evidence from China
The Politics of Lodging Complaints in Rural China
Riding the Tiger
Implementing Political Reform in China's Villages
Reforming the Countryside
Public Sphere "/"Civil Society" in China
On the Search for Civil Society in China
Political Opportunity Structures and Political Protest
Tactical Innovation and the Pace of Insurgency
Unorganized Interests and Collective Action in Communist China
I'll Take It All the Way to Beijing
| Unique citing works | 66 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2,28 |
| Citation span | 1997 - 2026 (30) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 65 |