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The Study Of Peasants Collective Action Based On Interest Expression

Posted on:2009-12-30Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:Y W LiuFull Text:PDF
GTID:2166360278463508Subject:Sociology
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Through restudying the previous study, this thesis extracted three dimensions: Political belief; systemization; rationality. According to these three dimensions'strong and weak extent, this thesis classified the Chinese collective action to eight tpyes. And then, based on the different strong and weak extent of two dimensions: systemization; rationality, this thesis classified the Chinese peasants collective action to four types, therefore, this thesis constructed an analytic typology frame to analyze the peasants collective action.Based on this analytic frame, this thesis mainly studied one kind of peasants collective action: characterized by weak systemization and strong rationality; directed by the grassroots'actors; based on interests expression. The mian research contents concluded motive mechanism; mobilization structure; strategy and skill; opportunity structure; the dilemma of collective action.This thesis argues that the origniated motive mechanism of"weak systemization and strong rationality"peasants collective action is interest expression. So, this thesis criticize a series of concepts or analytic frames, such as political belief; citizen right; resentment; angry; emotion; oppression reactive mechanism and so on in the academic field. This thesis argues that the mobilization mechanism of this kind of peasants collective action is grassroots mobilization pattern, but not elite mobilization pattern or spokesperson of peasants interests. Because of this kind of grassroots mobilization pattern, the strategy of this kind of peasants collective action is strong rationality. The strategy choice only reflects the rationality extent, but not the political belief. Therefore, this thesis doubted the applicability of some concepts such as"resistence according to the laws or institutions"and"resistence through applying the laws or institutions". Both the opportunity structure outside the village and the relationship structure inside the village affected and modeled this kind of collective action. Free rider still is one of the dilemmas of this kind of peasants collective action, but not decisive, so we need to understand the free rider theory in some concrete contexts. This thesis tries to synthesize the good points of structure analysis and process—event analysis in the applicant of methods.
Keywords/Search Tags:interest expression, peasants collective action, systemization, rationality
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