Chinese Journal of Sociology ›› 2010, Vol. 30 ›› Issue (2): 198-214.

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From Strategies to Ethics:A Critique of the “Rightful Resistance”

Wu Changqing, School of Sociology,China University of Political Science and Law   

  1. Wu Changqing, School of Sociology,China University of Political Science and Law
  • Online:2010-03-20 Published:2010-03-20
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    This thesis is one part of the phased subjects of the research “Benefit Expression Mechanism of the Vulnerable Group”(06JA840020),which granted by Humanities and Social Science Programs of Ministry of Education

Abstract:

This paper contends that, due to the influence from the concept of “rightful resistance,” current studies on rural protests have overemphasized the strategies in the protest process but neglected the importance of the ethics. After summarizing the insights from the “rightful resistance,” the author points out its limitation and tries to remedy it by bringing in the ethical perspective. The paper then moves on to describe the research process with the ethical perspective. Finally, on the basis of the author's field research, the paper discusses the original explanatory power of ethics in the rural protest research.

Key words: political risks and efficiency, the borders of governances, centralization and decentralization, ethics, rightful resistance, rural protest, strategy