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The growth of rights defence movements in China reflects the increasing capacity of Chinese citizens to shape their own civic discourse in order to achieve diverse goals. Rights defence campaigns have taken novel forms which are unprecedented in China, including the use of the Internet by rights campaigners, the development of rights entrepreneurs, and the selection of representatives and leaders in rights defence campaigns.Defending Rights in Contemporary China offers the first comprehensive analysis of the emergence and development of notions of rights defence, or weiquan, in China. Further, it shows that rights defence campaigns reflect the changing lives and priorities of Chinese citizens, both urban and rural, and the changing distribution of power in China. The Chinese government first used rights defence to promote the law and protect the rights of the weak. But the use of rights defence strategies by private citizens, and lawyers also demonstrates changing power structures in areas as diverse as private property rights, rights for the handicapped, corruption claims and grievances with officials. In this book, Jonathan Benney argues that the idea of rights defence has gone from being a tool of the government to being a tool to attack the party-state, and explores the consequences of this controversial activist movement.This book offers essential insight into the development of rights in contemporary China and will be highly relevant for students, scholars and specialists in legal developments in Asia as well as anyone interested in social movements in China.
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Defending Rights in Contemporary China
The growth of rights defence movements in China reflects the increasing capacity of Chinese citizens to shape their own civic discourse in order to achieve diverse goals. Rights defence campaigns have taken novel forms which are unprecedented in China, including the use of the Internet by rights campaigners, the development of rights entrepreneurs, and the selection of representatives and leaders in rights defence campaigns.
Defending Rights in Contemporary China offers the first comprehensive analysis of the emergence and development of notions of rights defence, or weiquan , in China. It shows that rights defence campaigns reflect the changing lives and priorities of Chinese citizens, both urban and rural, and the changing distribution of power in China. The Chinese government first used rights defence to promote the law and protect the rights of the weak. But the use of rights defence strategies by private citizens, and lawyers also demonstrates changing power structures in areas as diverse as private property rights, rights for the handicapped, corruption claims and grievances with officials. In this book, Jonathan Benney argues that the idea of rights defence has gone from being a tool of the government to being a tool to attack the party-state, and explores the consequences of this controversial activist movement.
This book offers essential insight into the development of rights in contemporary China and will be highly relevant for students, scholars and specialists in legal developments in Asia as well as anyone interested in social movements in China.
Jonathan Benney is a postdoctoral fellow at the National University of Singapores Asia Research Institute.
Routledge/Asian Studies Association of Australia (ASAA) East Asia Series
Editorial Board : Professor Geremie Barm (Australian National University), Professor Colin Mackerras (Griffith University), Professor Vera Mackie (University of Melbourne) and Associate Professor Sonia Ryang (University of Iowa).
This series represents a showcase for the latest cutting-edge research in the field of East Asian studies, from both established scholars and rising academics. It will include studies from every part of the East Asian region (including China, Japan, North and South Korea and Taiwan) as well as comparative studies dealing with more than one country. Topics covered may be contemporary or historical, and relate to any of the humanities or social sciences. The series is an invaluable source of information and challenging perspectives for advanced students and researchers alike.
Routledge is pleased to invite proposals for new books in the series. In the first instance, any interested authors should contact:
Professor Tessa Morris-Suzuki
Division of Pacific and Asian History
Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies
Australian National University
Canberra, ACT 0200 Australia
Professor Morris Low
School of Languages and Comparative Cultural Studies
University of Queensland
Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia
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12. Defending Rights in Contemporary China
Jonathan Benney
Defending Rights in Contemporary China
Jonathan Benney
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Benney, Jonathan.
Benney, Jonathan.
Defending rights in contemporary China : Jonathan Benney.
p. cm. (Routledge/Asian Studies Association of Australia (ASAA) East Asian series)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Civil rightsChina. 2. Civil rightsSocial aspectsChina. 3. Civil rightsPolitical aspectsChina. I. Title.
KNQ502.4.B46 2012
323.0951dc23
2012001397
ISBN: 978-0-415-69430-8 (hbk)
ISBN: 978-0-203-10830-7 (ebk)
ISBN: 978-0-203-10830-7 (ebk)
Typeset in Times New Roman
by Graphicraft Limited, Hong Kong
by Graphicraft Limited, Hong Kong
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Acknowledgements
It would be remiss of me to begin an acknowledgements section without first noting and commending the work of the many rights defence activists in China. I remain awed by their courage, humility and intelligence.
More specifically, I would like to thank the people I interviewed for this book, and for the doctoral dissertation which preceded it. Some must remain anonymous, but I would like to acknowledge the contributions made by Mr Patrick Poon of the Chinese Human Rights Lawyers Interest Group in Hong Kong, Dr Fu Hualing of Hong Kong University, Dr Eva Pils of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Professor Shi Xiuyin of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Ms Wu Ying of Peking University and Ms Guo Sanzhuan of the University of New South Wales. Professor He Baogang of Deakin University also assisted by providing some materials and some very useful advice.
Beyond this, I would like to acknowledge the untiring work of my doctoral supervisors at the University of Melbourne, Associate Professor Anne McLaren and Dr Pradeep Taneja. Their guidance and support was invariably helpful, and their patience and advice often went beyond the call of duty. Anne was my supervisor for six consecutive years, which must have required almost unprecedented levels of tolerance.
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