The Wukan uprising and Chinese state-society relations: Toward "shadow civil society"?

International Journal of China Studies

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 345-361

  Lagerkvist, Johan ^a,b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Challenging state power in China ^*  (China)

Author keywords

China; Civil society; Clans; Media strategy; Popular protest; Village elections; Wukan

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892154585     PISSN: 21803250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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