Download full text
(external source)
Citation Suggestion
Please use the following Persistent Identifier (PID) to cite this document:
https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:gbv:18-4-6364
Exports for your reference manager
Protest leadership and repertoire: a comparative analysis of peasant protest in Hunan in the 1990s
Protestführung und -repertoire: eine vergleichende Analyse der Bauernproteste in Hunan in den 1990ern
[journal article]
Abstract Based on detailed ethnographic fieldwork, this paper compares two cases of peasant
protest against heavy taxes and fees in a northern Hunan county in the 1990s. It argues
that peasant protest did not arise spontaneously. Rather, it erupted when leaders
emerged who used central p... view more
Based on detailed ethnographic fieldwork, this paper compares two cases of peasant
protest against heavy taxes and fees in a northern Hunan county in the 1990s. It argues
that peasant protest did not arise spontaneously. Rather, it erupted when leaders
emerged who used central policy documents on lowering peasant taxes and fees to mobilise
peasants. Protest leaders were articulate and public-spirited peasants who had received
political training from the local party-state. Furthermore, the number of leaders,
their education level, and their relationship with the local party-state explain why
the repertoire and the scope of the two protests varied. Protests led by less educated
veteran Communist Party cadres tended to be milder and smaller than those led by better-educated
peasants more distant from the local party-state. This paper helps us to understand
the process of peasant mobilisation in contemporary China and explains why peasant
protest varies across cases.... view less
Keywords
China; protest movement; protest behavior; peasant; communist party; local factors; exertion of government pressure; leadership; level of education; mobilization; Far East; comparative research
Classification
Political Process, Elections, Political Sociology, Political Culture
Method
descriptive study
Document language
English
Publication Year
2013
Page/Pages
p. 167-194
Journal
Journal of Current Chinese Affairs, 42 (2013) 2
ISSN
1868-4874
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works