| Challenging the Mandate of Heaven: Social Protest and State Power in China Contributor(s): Perry, Elizabeth J. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0765604450 ISBN-13: 9780765604453 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $54.10 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2002 Annotation: Social science theories of contentious politics have been based almost exclusively on evidence drawn from the European and American experience, and classic texts in the field make no mention of either the Chinese Communist revolution or the Cultural Revolution -- surely two of the most momentous social movements of the twentieth century. Moreover, China's record of popular upheaval stretches back well beyond this century, indeed all the way back to the third century B.C. This book, by bringing together studies of protest that span the imperial, Republican, and Communist eras, introduces Chinese patterns and provides a forum to consider ways in which contentious politics in China might serve to reinforce, refine or reshape theories derived from Western cases. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Violence In Society - Political Science - Social Science | Sociology - General |
| Dewey: 303.609 |
| LCCN: 2001034214 |
| Series: Asia & the Pacific (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (1.10 lbs) 352 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Family - Cultural Region - Chinese |