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Defending Rights in Contemporary China (Paperback): Jonathan Benney

Defending Rights in Contemporary China (Paperback)

Jonathan Benney

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.

General

Imprint: Routledge
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Series: Routledge/Asian Studies Association of Australia ASAA East Asian Series
Release date: March 2015
First published: 2013
Authors: Jonathan Benney
Dimensions: 234 x 156 x 12mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 216
ISBN-13: 978-1-138-85741-4
Categories: Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political control & freedoms > Human rights > General
LSN: 1-138-85741-6
Barcode: 9781138857414

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