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A Study of the Stability of Contemporary Rural Chinese SocietyThe Initial Release of Vigor and the Formation of Grassroots Leaders

A Study of the Stability of Contemporary Rural Chinese Society: The Initial Release of Vigor and... [We have pointed out in the previous analysis on China’s traditional contentious politics that group contention is not the norm in rural society, and the contention organizers and participants seldom represent the mainstream crowds of the peasant society. Vigor occurs in the form of contentious politics with local characteristics. In other words, the cultural traditions, ecological environments, and social structures in specific regions all affect vigor. Similarly, in contemporary rural China, though there are structural and local reasons for the formation of vigor, the final manifestation of vigor is a part of contentious politics that results from local factors. Of course, many of the local factors in the traditional society are basically non-­existent now. For example, the secret societies of the past had completely disappeared by 1949. Though folk religions have experienced a great degree of revival since the 1980s, they do not posses the features of political contention. Though the large population flow is unprecedented, the long-term stability of the rural land system prevents migrants from becoming displaced persons. However, there are still some traditional factors that exist today, such as some region-specific material pressure, as suggested by Perry (1980). Of course, most of the local factors in question have emerged from the contemporary Chinese background.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

A Study of the Stability of Contemporary Rural Chinese SocietyThe Initial Release of Vigor and the Formation of Grassroots Leaders

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Springer Berlin Heidelberg
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© Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2013
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978-3-642-36399-3
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85 –96
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10.1007/978-3-642-36400-6_5
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Abstract

[We have pointed out in the previous analysis on China’s traditional contentious politics that group contention is not the norm in rural society, and the contention organizers and participants seldom represent the mainstream crowds of the peasant society. Vigor occurs in the form of contentious politics with local characteristics. In other words, the cultural traditions, ecological environments, and social structures in specific regions all affect vigor. Similarly, in contemporary rural China, though there are structural and local reasons for the formation of vigor, the final manifestation of vigor is a part of contentious politics that results from local factors. Of course, many of the local factors in the traditional society are basically non-­existent now. For example, the secret societies of the past had completely disappeared by 1949. Though folk religions have experienced a great degree of revival since the 1980s, they do not posses the features of political contention. Though the large population flow is unprecedented, the long-term stability of the rural land system prevents migrants from becoming displaced persons. However, there are still some traditional factors that exist today, such as some region-specific material pressure, as suggested by Perry (1980). Of course, most of the local factors in question have emerged from the contemporary Chinese background.]

Published: Feb 13, 2013

Keywords: Lower Class; Cultural Revolution; Hydropower Station; Group Incident; Folk Religion

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