Chinese Journal of Sociology ›› 2009, Vol. 29 ›› Issue (6): 107-126.

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Frame Borrowing by the Elite and the Grassroots:  A Comparative Study of the Collective Counteracts of the Landless Peasants and the Intellectual Elite
   

Li Xiangyi   

  • Online:2009-11-20 Published:2009-11-20

Abstract:

This paper uses the concept of frame borrowing to compare the collective counteracts of the landless peasants and the intellectual elite, the two qualitatively different groups in the same “primary” collectivecounteract framework. The former have borrowed the latter’s discourse and strategies to construct their movement framework, described as “the grassroots’ frame borrowing”; whereas the latter have borrowed the former’s narrative frame and its characteristics of the weaker group, described as “the elite’s frame borrowing.” However, due to the asymmetry between these two types of frame borrowing, it is very likely for the elite to jeopardize the presentation of the grassroots’ interest, which may be partially displaced.

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Key words: displacement , the elite’s frame borrowing ,  frame borrowing , the grassroots’ frame borrowing , the intellectual elite ,  landless peasants,  capital , danwei ,  , state ,  , workingclass