Mark Selden

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Friedman, Edward; Pichowicz, Paul; Selden, Mark, Revolution, Resistance and Reform in Village China

Perry, Elizabeth; Selden, Mark, Chinese Society: Change, Conflict and Resistance

2000

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.

, Bitter Flowers, Sweet Flowers: East Timor, Indonesia, and the World Community

ed. Selden, Mark; Tanter, Richard; Shalom, Stephen,

Part I ‘East Timor: Resistance, Repression and the Road to Independence’ focuses particularly on the role of the National Council of the Timorese Resistance, the Catholic Church and the student movement.