by Hung Ho Fung. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1998. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 142-147). / Abstract also in Chinese. / Summary --- p.3 / Acknowledgements --- p.5 / Chapter Chapter 1 --- Thearadox of Rural Stability --- p.8 / Chapter Chapter 2 --- Literature on Collective Action --- p.20 / Chapter Chapter 3 --- Elite Intervention and Organization: Independent Variables in the Analysis of Ruralrotest Intensity --- p.36 / Chapter Chapter 4 --- Conceptual Framework for Case Analysis --- p.69 / Chapter Chapter 5 --- Extreme Cases --- p.73 / Chapter Chapter 6 --- intermediate Cases --- p.99 / Chapter Chapter 7 --- Discussion and Conclusion --- p.135 / References --- p.142