Rightful radical resistance 495 citizenship is a radical project. This course will serve as an introduction to chinese politics in two ways. Throughout it will be argued that china is actively engaged in rightful resistance, protecting its national security interests, and biding its time until the collapse of the american empire, at which point it will assert itself as regional hegemon in a. As officials and researchers in shandong, hebei, and hubei described the problems rural leaders faced, they told us fascinating stories about naillike individuals dingzihu and shrewd and unruly people diaomin. I note finally, in this connection, that people often show great courage in coping with such commonplace catastrophes. Revolution and resistance have been central to the making and remaking, imagining and reimagining of world politics. Political scientists and others turn to world politics to stay on top of the latest theoretical developments in the field. Historical memory plays a role in when maoist imagery is used in antiforeign protests however, because of the deeply divisive legacy of mao in regards to the cultural revolution. Compar ative perspectives on chinas capitalist transformationstanford, 2011 paperback 8 articles on the web, available at the uc library website. This theory development has complicated the relationship between western theories and the china case in particular.
He is an assistant professor at the school of international studies, peking university, and a senior research fellow of the institute of international and strategic studies, peking university. Mar 01, 2017 the politics of resistance just might produce a left with legs. Cambridge university press, hardcover and paperback, 2006 engaging the law in china. Domestic politics in transition rowman and littlefields, 2006. Kevin obrien and li lianjiang, rightful resistance in rural china. How can the poor and weak work a political system to their advantage. Obrien and lis fruitful past collaborations culminate in rightful resistance in rural china, the long awaited book that provides conceptual clarity and empirical detail to their earlier work. Students will be expected to produce a piece of original scholarly research related to the topic of authoritarian politics by the end of the quarter.
The best part was the introduction to chinese politics and of the discussions about and presentation of the cultural elements of china, including the professors own experiences. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading rightful resistance in rural china cambridge studies in contentious politics. The resistance, raising big money, upends liberal politics supporters of indivisible, an antitrump group, in olympia, wash. We first noticed rightful resistance in the summer of 1994, when we were doing fieldwork on village elections in china. I use a comparative design and inductive analysis based on secondary sources to compare. Rightful resistance in rural china ebook, 2006 worldcat. Sharon nepstad, war resistance and the plowshares movements kevin j. One part of the jyvaskyla profi le is to avoid a strict dividing line between diff erent subfi elds in the study of politics, and also the phd theses supervised by pekka would not elsewhere always be counted to world politics or international relations. This approach treats chinas central government as an institutional designer whose policies on so. Rightful resistance is a partly institutionalized form of popular action that employs laws, policies, and other established values to defy power holders who have failed to live up to some ideal or who have not implemented a popular measure. I turn now to a small set of examples in which individuals engaged in political resistance display extraordinary courage. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Formal political activity may be the norm for the elites, the intelligentsia, and the middle classes, which in the third world as well as in the west, have near monopoly of institutional skills and access.
Political behavior in developing countries graduate. Rightful resistance is a form of political action in which the people use established laws, policies, and values to show that some officials have failed to live up to those same ideals. It was established as a grassroots movement on january 19, 2017, and has since grown to include not only democrats, but independents and republicans against trump. The authors construct a statistical model with which to test whether the regularity that democracy is more commonly found among wealthy countries stems from a democratizing effect of high income or is due entirely to other factors, such as the historical context, various features of the institutional setting, and simultaneity with the. After summarizing the insights from the rightful resistance, the author. These practice questions will help you master the material.
Kevin obrien, rightful resistance, world politics, 49. Shaohua lei shaohua lei received his doctorate in political science from the university of utah in 20. Resistance and change in world politics international. The resistance, raising big money, upends liberal politics. Rightful resistance is a partly institutionalized form of popular action that employs laws, policies. The politics of resistance just might produce a left with legs.
Harvard university press, hardcover and paperback, 2008 rightful resistance in rural china with lianjiang li new york. Merged citations this cited by count includes citations to the following articles in scholar. Bureaucratic absorption and the muting of rightful resistance article pdf available in the china quarterly 2196. Find, read and cite all the research you need on researchgate. Childrens protest in relation to the climate emergency. Wp celebrated its 50th anniversary with the october 1997 issue. The colonisation of africa by european powers provoked an enormous amount of resistance from different quarters both rulers and people all over the continent. Rightful resistance is a form of popular contention that 1 operates near the boundary of an authorized channel, 2 employs the rhetoric and commitments of the powerful to curb political or economic power, and 3 hinges on locating and exploiting divisions among the powerful.
This illustrates the power of children in expressing. The ones marked may be different from the article in the profile. Rightful resistance in china is manifest in a variety of other ways, include use of the petitioning system, village elections, and legal system to seek redress against grievances. Politics can play such a leading role in change management that it and resistance to change warrant a chapter of their own prior to starting to plan for change. The resistance american political movement wikipedia. A recent trend in political science is the rise of nonwestern theories or indigenous theories. On contractual theories of hierarchy in world politics, see david a.
His research fields are chinese politics and public policy, comparative studies on. Oct 07, 2017 the resistance, raising big money, upends liberal politics supporters of indivisible, an antitrump group, in olympia, wash. Paul staniland, states, insurgents, and wartime political orders, perspectives on politics 10, no. This paper contends that, due to the influence from the concept of rightful resistance, current studies on rural protests have overemphasized the strategies in the protest process but neglected the importance of the ethics. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. The words popular resistance typically bring to mind images of negation, usually of the legitimacy of something, and actions by people who lack recourse to. Reform and resistance in the international order new york. The global right wing and the clash of world politics. Weiquan rights defending lawyers, who regularly defy authorities by defending individuals whose human or civil rights have been violated by the partystate, have. This rightful resistance has farreaching implications for our understanding of contentious politics. Bedford professor of asian studies, director of the institute of east asian studies, and professor of political. The authors construct a statistical model with which to test whether the regularity that democracy is more commonly found among wealthy countries stems from a democratizing effect of high income or is due entirely to other factors, such as the historical context, various features of the institutional setting, and simultaneity with. This article proposes a new approach to studying chinas contentious politics in the post1989 era. Buy rightful resistance in rural china cambridge studies in contentious politics 1 by obrien, kevin j.
Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. Take a quick interactive quiz on the concepts in rightful resistance. This cited by count includes citations to the following articles in scholar. Table 5 is reproduced with permission from perspectives on politics. This edited volume analyses different forms of resistance against international institutions and charts their success or failure in changing the normative orders embodied in these institutions.
In the 1980s, james scott transformed peasant studies with his work on. These forms of contentious politics, as tilly and tarrow 2007. Obrien and lianjiang li, rightful resistance in rural china silvia pedraza, political disaffection in cubas revolution and exodus sidney tarrow, the new transnational activism charles tilly, the politics of collective violence. Designing contentious politics in post1989 china peter. Rightful resistance in rural china cambridge studies in contentious politics. Democratic revolutionaries or pocketbook protesters. Obrien and li present a convincing and fascinating story about the emergence of contentious politics in postmao rural china. Obrien and lianjiang li, rightful resistance in rural china cambridge university press, 2006. Rightful resistance in rural china is a good example of the heuristic character of the inductive method in political sociology, that is to say, the manner in which a.
Nonstate groups and specific states alike advocate alternative global politics, at the same time. Political behavior in developing countries graduate seminar. In the existing literature, chinese politics scholars have demonstrated what political science can do for china and how the china case can contribute. Rightful resistance in rural china cambridge studies in.
Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle. Introduction to comparative politics university of. Obrien and lianjiang li, rightful resistance in rural china silvia pedraza, political disaffection in cubas revolution and exodus sidney tarrow, the new transnational activism charles tilly, the politics of. Obrien the words popular resistance typically bring to mind images of negation, usually of the legitimacy of something, and actions by people who lack recourse to institutional politics. Obrien, rightful resistance, world politics journal, volume 49, number 1. Rightful resistance in rural china cambridge studies in contentious politics kindle edition by obrien, kevin j. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. In the existing literature, chinese politics scholars have demonstrated what political science can do for china and how the china case can contribute to political science in general.
World politics political science, uc berkeley university of. Rightful resistance is a form of partially institutionalized popular contention against the state. Case study of movements andor revolutions week 14 apr 3 7. As obrien and li explore the origins, dynamics, and consequences of rightful resistance, they highlight similarities between collective action in places as varied as china, the former east germany, and the united states, while. Rightful resistance in rural china has been criticized for 1 lacking. Content in table 16, types of nonviolent and rightful resistance tactics, published with permission from the albert einstein institution. Click here to read more of our alumni testimonials. Images of mao are primarily used when constructing the. Images of mao are primarily used when constructing the antagonist as an imperialist. Lessons from mexico, world politics 46 january 1994, 155 56. Feb 28, 2008 rightful resistance is a partly institutionalized form of popular action that employs laws, policies, and other established values to defy power holders who have failed to live up to some ideal or who have not implemented a popular measure. Lowell dittmer and guoli liu eds, chinas deep reform.
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