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From social movements to contentious politics a comparative critical literature review across the U.S. and China

Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) / This thesis is a critical literature review on the studies of social movements and contentious politics in the U.S. and China. Thanks to theories of contentious politics, we can analyze the studies of America’s social movements and China’s collective actions in the same “frame.” By making a comparison, this thesis tries to construct a theoretical dialogue between the studies across both countries. At the same time, it criticizes over-generalizing the mode “democratic-nondemocratic” in analysis of repertories of contentious politics and downplaying capitalism’s role in the social movements. From the various empirical studies in both countries, this thesis argues that a generalization should be based on the diversity of this realm, not just from the western perspective.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:IUPUI/oai:scholarworks.iupui.edu:1805/3814
Date03 January 2014
CreatorsXie, Yunping
ContributorsBao, Wan-Ning, Seybold, Peter James, 1950-, Modibo, Najja N.
Source SetsIndiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis
Languageen_US
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis

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