Ruling by Other Means

Erscheinungsjahr 2020
ISBN: 978-1-108-74561-1
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 348 Seiten, Format (B × H): 150 mm x 226 mm, Gewicht: 528 g

Reihe: Cambridge Studies in Contentious Politics

What do states gain by sending citizens into the streets? Ruling by Other Means investigates this question through the lens of State-Mobilized Movements (SMMs), an umbrella concept that includes a range of (often covertly organized) collective actions intended to advance state interests. The SMMs research agenda departs significantly from that of classic social movement and contentious politics theory, focused on threats to the state from seemingly autonomous societal actors. Existing theories assume that the goal of popular protest is to voice societal grievances, represent oppressed groups, and challenge state authorities and other powerholders. The chapters in this volume show, however, that states themselves organize citizens (sometimes surreptitiously and even transnationally) to act collectively to advance state goals. Drawn from different historical periods and diverse geographical regions, these case studies expand and improve our understanding of social movements, civil society and state-society relations under authoritarian regimes.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ekiert, Grzegorz

Perry, Elizabeth J

Xiaojun, Yan

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Interessengruppen, Lobbyismus und Protestbewegungen
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. State-Mobilized Movements: A Research Agenda Grzegorz Ekiert and Elizabeth J. Perry; 2. Manufactured Ambiguity: Party-State Mobilization Strategy in the March 1968 Crisis in Poland Dominika Kruszewska and Grzegorz Ekiert; 3. Suppressing Students in the People's Republic of China: Proletarian State-Mobilized Movements in 1968 and 1989 Elizabeth J. Perry and Yan Xiaojun; 4. Mobilization for Development in Rural Taiwan Kristen Looney; 5. Enforcement Networks and Racial Contention in Civil Rights-Era Mississippi David Cunningham and Peter B. Owen; 6. Social Sources of Counterrevolution: State-Mobilized Movements during Revolutionary Episodes Mark Beissinger; 7. Occupy Youth! State-Mobilized Movements in the Putin Era (or, What Was Nashi and What Comes Next?) Julie Hemment; 8. State-Mobilized Movements after Annexation of Crimea: The Construction of Novorossiya Samuel A. Greene and Graeme B. Robertson; 9. Mirroring Opposition Threats: The Logic of State Mobilization in Bolivarian Venezuela Sam Handlin; 10. Party-led Mobilization: Veterans as a Pivotal Political Actor Danijela Dolenec and Daniela Širinic; 11. The Dynamics of State-Mobilized Movements: Insights from Egypt Ashley Anderson and Melani Cammett; 12. State-Mobilized Movements and the Pro-Democracy Movement in Hong Kong, 2013-2015 Eliza W. Y. Lee; 13. The Resurrection of Lei Feng: Rebuilding the Chinese Party-State's Infrastructure of Volunteer Mobilization David Palmer and Rundong Ning.

Über Autor(innen)

Ekiert, Grzegorz
Grzegorz Ekiert is Laurence A. Tisch Professor of Government at Harvard University.

Perry, Elizabeth J
Elizabeth J. Perry is Henry Rosovsky Professor of Government at Harvard University.

Xiaojun, Yan
Yan Xiaojun is Associate Professor of Politics and Public Administration at the University of Hong Kong.