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Defending Rights in Contemporary China (Paperback)
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Defending Rights in Contemporary China (Paperback)
Series: Routledge/Asian Studies Association of Australia ASAA East Asian Series
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The growth of rights defence movements in China reflects the
increasing capacity of Chinese citizens to shape their own civic
discourse in order to achieve diverse goals. Rights defence
campaigns have taken novel forms which are unprecedented in China,
including the use of the Internet by rights campaigners, the
development of rights entrepreneurs, and the selection of
representatives and leaders in rights defence campaigns. Defending
Rights in Contemporary China offers the first comprehensive
analysis of the emergence and development of notions of rights
defence, or weiquan, in China. Further, it shows that rights
defence campaigns reflect the changing lives and priorities of
Chinese citizens, both urban and rural, and the changing
distribution of power in China. The Chinese government first used
rights defence to promote the law and protect the rights of the
weak. But the use of rights defence strategies by private citizens,
and lawyers also demonstrates changing power structures - in areas
as diverse as private property rights, rights for the handicapped,
corruption claims and grievances with officials. In this book,
Jonathan Benney argues that the idea of rights defence has gone
from being a tool of the government to being a tool to attack the
party-state, and explores the consequences of this controversial
activist movement. This book offers essential insight into the
development of rights in contemporary China and will be highly
relevant for students, scholars and specialists in legal
developments in Asia as well as anyone interested in social
movements in China.
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