Essays about: "CHENGZHONGCUN"

Found 1 essay containing the word CHENGZHONGCUN.

  1. 1. COLLECTIVE RESISTANCE OF CHENGZHONGCUN VILLAGERS IN CHINA : A CASE OF GUANGZHOU, GUANGDONG PROVINCE

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för öst- och sydöstasienstudier

    Author : Kuang Xianwen; [2010]
    Keywords : chenzhongcun ; China; collective action; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The purpose of this study was to examine the factors contributing to the emergence and persistence of collective action in chengzhongcun (literally known as “village(s) amid the city”) in China. Based on a one-and-a-half month fieldwork in Guangzhou, China, this study was designed to answer the questions of what triggered collective action in chengzhongcun and how and why chengzhongcun villagers could sustain their collective resistance under a repressive local state. READ MORE