Defending rights in contemporary China / (Record no. 27528)
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| fixed length control field | 120111s2013 enka b 001 0 eng |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 9780415694308 (hbk. : alk. paper) |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 9780203108307 (ebk.) |
| 041 ## - LANGUAGE CODE | |
| Language code of text/sound track or separate title | eng |
| 082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 323.0951 |
| Item number | BEN |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
| Personal name | Benney, Jonathan. |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Defending rights in contemporary China / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc | Jonathan Benney. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication | London ; |
| -- | New York : |
| Name of publisher | Routledge, |
| Year of publication | 2013. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | xi, 197 p. : |
| 490 0# - SERIES STATEMENT | |
| Series statement | Routledge/Asian Studies Association of Australia (ASAA) East Asian series |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | "Citizen rights defence campaigns reflect the changing lives and priorities of Chinese citizens, both urban and rural. The term weiquan, or rights defence, was first coined by the Chinese party-state as part of a process of promotion of various laws, and was thus used by government-affiliated organisations to promote the rights of women, children, and consumers, and to develop citizens' legal awareness. Subsequently, first private citizens, then groups of citizens, then lawyers, appropriated the term as a means of dispute resolution in areas such as private property rights, rights for the handicapped, corruption claims and grievances with officials. Rights defence is important not just because of the political ramifications of its campaigns, but also because of the strategies its activists have used. Rights defence campaigns have taken novel forms unprecedented in China, including the use of the Internet by rights campaigners, the development of rights entrepreneur (or people who have set up businesses linked to rights defence), and the selection of representatives and leaders in rights defence campaigns. In recent years, the idea of rights defence has become used as a tool to attack the party-state, specifically by lawyers and legal campaigners. The growth of rights defence movements reflects the increasing capacity of Chinese citizens to shape their own civic discourse to achieve diverse goals. While rights defence may not pose an immediate threat to the authority of the party-state, it is nonetheless an important symbol of a developing social pluralism in China. This book offers essential insight into the development of rights in contemporary China and will be highly relevant for students, scholars and specialists in legal developments in Asia as well as anyone interested in social movements in China"-- |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | "The growth of rights defence movements in China reflects the increasing capacity of Chinese citizens to shape their own civic discourse in order to achieve diverse goals. Rights defence campaigns have taken novel forms which are unprecedented in China, including the use of the Internet by rights campaigners, the development of rights entrepreneurs, and the selection of representatives and leaders in rights defence campaigns. Defending Rights in Contemporary China offers the first comprehensive analysis of the emergence and development of notions of rights defence, or weiquan, in China. Further, it shows that rights defence campaigns reflect the changing lives and priorities of Chinese citizens, both urban and rural, and the changing distribution of power in China. The Chinese government first used rights defence to promote the law and protect the rights of the weak. But the use of rights defence strategies by private citizens, and lawyers also demonstrates changing power structures - in areas as diverse as private property rights, rights for the handicapped, corruption claims and grievances with officials. In this book, Jonathan Benney argues that the idea of rights defence has gone from being a tool of the government to being a tool to attack the party-state, and explores the consequences of this controversial activist movement. This book offers essential insight into the development of rights in contemporary China and will be highly relevant for students, scholars and specialists in legal developments in Asia as well as anyone interested in social movements in China"-- |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Civil rights |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Civil rights |
| General subdivision | Social aspects |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Civil rights |
| General subdivision | Political aspects |
| 650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | POLITICAL SCIENCE / General. |
| 650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / General. |
| 856 41 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy13pdf01/2012001397.html |
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| Lost status | Damaged status | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Source of acquisition | Cost, normal purchase price | Full call number | Accession Number | Koha item type |
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| Central Library | Central Library | General Section | 17/08/2013 | Kushal | 8631.00 | 323.0951 BEN | 025025 | Books |
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