Nail-Houses, Land Rights, and Frames of Injustice on China's Protest Landscape

This article highlights the way in which Chinese protestors resisting home eviction and demolition have begun to develop innovative, media-savvy tactics for winning public sympathy for their causes and framing their plights as unjust, and considers the political implications of this trend.

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Published in:Asian survey 2010-09, Vol.50 (5), p.908-926
Main Author: Hess, Steve
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
China
Collective action
Criminal justice
Demolition
Demonstrations & protests
Economic reform
Entrepreneurs
Evictions
GDP
Gross Domestic Product
Homes
Housing
Housing developments
Inequality
Injustice
Labor protests
Land
Land rights
Peoples Republic of China
Political conditions
Political protest
Political protests
Politics
Property rights
Protest marches
Protest movements
Public opinion
Social protests
Strategic behaviour
Working class
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Summary:This article highlights the way in which Chinese protestors resisting home eviction and demolition have begun to develop innovative, media-savvy tactics for winning public sympathy for their causes and framing their plights as unjust, and considers the political implications of this trend.
ISSN:0004-4687
1533-838X
DOI:10.1525/as.2010.50.5.908