维权情境中的自发性认知解放——以业主积极分子的权利意识的演进为例

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Empirical studies on Chinese homeowners' rights-defending activism largely focus on either the political opportunities or the resource mobilization perspective, and often neglect the cognitive process of homeowner activists in developing their rights consciousness. This study attempts to utilize the framing perspective and cognitive liberation to gain an understanding of activists' subjective cognition in their rights defending actions. We propose an analytic framework that examines two aspects of the homeowner rights consciousness:the content of rights (property rights vs. rights to self-governance) and the nature of rights (reactive vs. proactive). The data is collected from Sina Weibo tweets posted by homeowner activists between 2011 and 2015. The results show that activists are universally aware of property rights and are increasingly proactive in seeking self-governance. Subsequent interviews of a group of activists reveal a spontaneous and interactive process of cognitive liberation that comes from both the first-hand experiences and the online discussions with fellow activists. Social media provides a platform upon which activists exchange information and form networks, learn from each other about common issues and obstacles, and as a result, it promotes collective consciousness and facilitates cognitive liberation. In our view, future studies of homeowner rights defending activism should shift from the event-centered case study approach to the issue-centered analysis of the grass-roots rights movement as a whole.

Key words: cognitive liberation, homeowners' protest, collective action, framing, rights consciousness

SUN Xiaoyi, HUANG Ronggui. Spontaneous Cognitive Liberation in the Context of Rights-defending Actions: A Case Study of the Evolution of Homeowner Activists' Rights Consciousness[J]. Chinese Journal of Sociology, 2016, 36(3): 140-166.

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