Relational repression in China: Using social ties to demobilize protesters

China Quarterly

Volumn , Issue 215, 2013, Pages 533-552

  Deng, Yanhua ^a   O'Brien, Kevin J ^b  

^a SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Policing; Protest control; Social network; Soft repression; Thought work; Work teams

Indexed keywords

POLICE FORCE; POLITICAL REPRESSION; POPULAR PROTEST; SOCIAL NETWORK;

CHINA;

EID: 84884229795     PISSN: 03057410     EISSN: 14682648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0305741013000714     Document Type: Article

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