Popular Politics and the Quest for Justice in Contemporary China

Taylor & Francis

Popular Politics and the Quest for Justice in Contemporary ChinaAuthor(s): Susanne Brandtstdter, Hans Steinmller\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367172657, 978-0367172657\nSynopsis\nThe rise of popular politics is among one the most significant social and political developments the Peoples Republic of China has witnessed in the post-Mao era. People from all walks of life have responded to rising inequalities and the privatization of collective goods with a new quest for justice. Although China has remained a censorial society under the authoritarian rule of the Chinese Communist Party, state-society relations are being remade by interventions of emergent publics through word and action.\n\nIn this book, a group of anthropologists, specializing in Chinese society, examine various facets of popular politics, which are animated by the pursuit of justice, fairness and good government. The ethnographic chapters coll.