Since the mid-1990s, the Internet has revolutionized popular expression in China, enabling
users to organize, protest, and influence public opinion in unprecedented ways. Guobin …

Environmental non-governmental organizations are becoming increasingly visible players in
China's environmental politics. Adopting a field perspective, this article shows how the rise …

East Asia is one of the most dynamic areas of political change in the world today-what role
do citizens play in these processes of change? Drawing upon a unique set of coordinated …

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This article examines both the arguments for a Chinese-style democracy and the past three
decades of political reform in China from the perspective of the East Asian developmental …

This book is about emotions and about social movements. Its contributors draw both on the
sociology of emotions and theories of social movements. Both these sociologies date back …

China's Economic Development and Democratization examines China's transformation from
an institutional perspective. It proposes an analytical framework comprising six macro …

Wissenschaft und Zukunft stehen in einem Spannungsfeld zueinander, denn Zukunft lässt
sich nicht wissen. Wissenschaft kann nur dann ohne Rückgriff auf Ideologie mit Zukunft …

China's transition is drawing worldwide attention. China started market economic reforms in
1978 and is rapidly closing its economic gap with the developed world. The Chinese public …

Although there is a body of research regarding the development of village self-governance
in China, there is only limited research regarding the activity of international non …