Titel
The Political Logic of Protest Repression in China
Autor*in
Abstract
Why do China’s authorities repress some protests, but not others? By how much do crowd size, violent tactics and protest location increase the likelihood of repression? Based on a newly available dataset of more than 70,000 protest events collected from social media, this article tests three competing explanations of protest repression in China. It finds that repression is closely correlated both with the cost of concessions for local governments and protest intensity. A small-scale and peaceful labor protest in an urban locality very seldom encounters repression, but rural riots against land grabs, evictions or environmental pollution are nearly certain to experience state-sanctioned violence or arrests even if the number of participants is low.
Stichwort
Political Science and International RelationsGeography, Planning and DevelopmentDevelopment
Objekt-Typ
Sprache
Englisch [eng]
Persistent identifier
phaidra.univie.ac.at/o:1201095
Erschienen in
Titel
Journal of Contemporary China
Band
30
Ausgabe
128
ISSN
1067-0564
Erscheinungsdatum
2020
Seitenanfang
169
Seitenende
185
Publication
Informa UK Limited
Fördergeber
European Union (all programmes) — 678266
Erscheinungsdatum
2020
Zugänglichkeit
Rechteangabe
© 2020 The Author(s)
Universität Wien | Universitätsring 1 | 1010 Wien | T
+43-1-4277-0