On Causes And Counter Measures For Farmers’ Mass Events In China

Since the reform and opening, our country has achieved rapid economicdevelopment, and also profound transform have taken place in social life and socialstructure. However, some deep-seated contradictions and problems also appearedsynchronization, all kinds of mass events occurred frequently. Especially since the1990s, with the face that the Chinese farmers’ mass incidents on the scale, strength andharmfulness are presents the trend of widening, seriously affected our country’s politicalstability and social harmony, and to some extent, which has become a key variable ofsocial development in China. Therefore, preparedness and response in the reformprocess of farmers’ mass events, not only is the urgent need to protect the interests offarmers’, is also the urgent demand of China’s social development. Therefore, topreparedness and response prevent farmers’ mass events, is not only the urgent needs toprotect the interests of farmers mass, but also the urgent demands of China’s socialdevelopment.In this paper, aiming at find out the reasons and counter measures of farmers’ massevents with the background of transformation. Supported by Contentious Politics theory,based on clarified the overview of Chinese farmers’ mass events and associationbetween Contentious Politics and Farmers ’ mass incidents, combined with the actualsituation of Chinese farmers’ mass events, to modify Charles Tilly’s “The combinationinteractions of structural change and micro mechanism”, which explain the origin and power of contention. Relying on it to do a detailed analysis of “structural change” in theChinese context: China’s political regimes to construct caused regime change of internaland external relations; the degree of openness and suppression of farmers’ collectiveaction, and the effectiveness of the Allies, which changes led to the political opportunitystructures change; Widespread diffusion and application of a new performance may leadto innovations in contentious repertoires ", and the emergence of “The micromechanism”: Brokerage、Diffusion、Coordinate action、Certification、Identity Shift、Boundary Activation、Social Appropriation. Thus proved the cause of farmers massevents in China. On this basis, established counter measures for Farmers ’ mass eventsin China from the adjustment of regimes relations, improving political opportunitystructure, institutionalizing contentious repertoires, hoping to provide security guaranteefor the construction of a harmonious society.This paper is divided into five parts.The first part, introduction. This part mainly discusses the paper selected topicbackground, research significance, research methods.The second part, briefly describes the general situation of farmers’ mass events inChina. To comb and define its general meaning and historical evolution. Through thecomparative analysis finally chose Chinese administrative management team for thedefinition of farmers’ mass events in China; Analysis of three basic types: disputes,rights, or anger. Type of rights is the most main types, anger type events have graduallyexpanding trend; Farmers’ mass events in China is the people’s internal contradictions innature, should be scientific and rational understanding and proper handling.The third part, analyze the Contentious Politics theory is explanatory power forfarmers’ mass events in China. Main both have fight, collective action and politicalcharacteristics, and use the "mechanism combined with process" method.The fourth part, this part is the core of the full paper. Analysis of the causes of the farmers’ mass events in the framework of the Contentious Politics theory. Theinteraction of “Structural change” and a variety of “micro mechanism” in the process ofsocial transformation in our country, is the cause of farmers’ mass events in China.The fifth part, this part is on the basis of the fourth part, trying to build countermeasures for Farmers ’ mass events in China. This part is not general, but with theprevious analysis. The three basic elements: establishing counter measures for Farmers ’mass events in China from the adjustment of regimes relations, improving politicalopportunity structure, institutionalizing contentious repertoires.