State And Social Protests In China Yongshun Cai Chihjou Jay Chen by Yongshun Cai; Chih-jou Jay Chen 2632735X instant download after payment.

China has witnessed numerous incidents of social protests over the past three decades. Protests create uncertainty for authoritarian governments, and the Chinese government has created, strengthened, and coordinated multiple dispute-resolution institutions to manage social conflicts and protests. Accommodating the aggrieved prevents the accumulation of grievances in society, but concessions require resources. As the frequency and scale of collective action are closely tied to the political opportunity for action, the Chinese government has also contained collective action by shaping the political opportunity available to the aggrieved. This Element shows that when the Chinese central government prioritizes social control, as it has under Xi Jinping’s leadership, it signals its preference for stricter social control, and that it will tolerate local governments’ use of coercion. As a result, the central and local governments create an environment that is not conducive to the mobilization of collective action. Although reactive collective actions have still occurred in China, large-scale occurrences have been uncommon in recent years.