TY - JOUR T1 - Political Process and Widespread Protests in China: The 2010 Labor Protest JF - Journal of Contemporary China Y1 - 2015 A1 - Yang, Ray Ou KW - China KW - collective action KW - protests KW - strikes AB -

Existing studies of collective actions in China pay most attention to frequent but localized protests, but such protests are less likely to deeply drive China's political and social prospect. By contrast, widespread protests are more likely to affect the Chinese Communist Party's authority and policies once they emerge. The goal of this article is thus to probe the conditions under which a widespread protest can happen in China today. This article proposes four necessary conditions grounded in the political process model and tests them by explaining the successful outbreak of the 2010 labor protest. Identifying these conditions helps us understand and predict the political and social development of China.

VL - 24 L2 - eng UR - http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10670564.2014.918395 CP - 91 ER -