Detail Working the system; Rural activism   Oleh:  [s.n] Jenis: Article from Bulletin/Magazine Dalam koleksi: The Economist (http://search.proquest.com/) vol. 404 no. 8804 (Sep. 2012), page 43-44. Topik: Demonstrations & Protests; Local Government; Politics; Activism Ketersediaan Perpustakaan Pusat (Semanggi) Nomor Panggil: EE29.73 Non-tandon: 1 (dapat dipinjam: 0) Tandon: tidak ada     Lihat Detail Induk Isi artikel When township officials need to get into the locked government office of Shibaihu Village, they know to come to the home of Li Peng, sidestep his goats and dogs, and ask him (or his elderly mother) for the key. Mr Li is not an official nor a Communist Party member. He is an activist, and a rather effective one. Mr Li and his family have been on the wrong side of officials in this windswept northern village (population 1,200) for half a century, including disputes over land and public finances. Their struggles demonstrate how power operates at the lowest rung of politics: the villages where half the country resides, and where a few officials can hold capricious sway over fellow villagers they've known all their lives, and to whom they may even be related. Researchers say there are tens of thousands of rural protests a year, often coming to naught. But the Li family's dogged insurgency demonstrates something else too: that there can be some give and take in China's authoritarian system; that in local skirmishes there exist potential allies within that system (including official media); and that an activist can occasionally win. Opini Anda Klik untuk menuliskan opini Anda tentang koleksi ini! Kembali

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