Elizabeth J. Perry

Year of Publication: 2003

Perry, Elizabeth J. ; Selden, Mark, Chinese Society: Change, Conflict and Resistance, [2000], 2nd edition, London, Routledge, 2003, pp. 296

Analyses reactions to government reforms, including both covert and open resistance. Distinguishes between intellectual dissidents and popular rebellion. See especially ‘Rights and resistance: The changing context of the dissident movement’ (pp. 20-38); ‘Pathways of labour insurgency’ (pp. 41-61); and ‘Environmental protest in rural China’ (pp. 143-59) which includes reference to direct action against a factory polluting water. Second edition has added chapters on Falun Gong, Christianity and land struggles.

Year of Publication: 1994

Perry, Elizabeth J., Shanghai’s strike wave of 1957, China Quarterly, no. 157 (March), 1994, pp. 1-27

Looks at little known worker unrest accompanying intellectual dissent.

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Year of Publication: 2003

Year of Publication: 1994

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