Mark Selden
Friedman, Edward; Pichowicz, Paul; Selden, Mark, Revolution, Resistance and Reform in Village China
Perry, Elizabeth; Selden, Mark, Chinese Society: Change, Conflict and Resistance
2000Analyses 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.