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Breaking the dilemma between litigation and non-litigation : diversified mechanisms of dispute resolution” in contemporary China / Hu, Jieren; Zheng, Yang

Hu, Jieren	Journal Article
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Focusing on the dispute resolution mechanisms for defusing various social disturbances and collective incidents during the reform period and particularly in the last decade, this paper argues that the Chinese government has adopted pragmatic and problem-solving approaches to designing and developing various mechanisms of dispute resolution in response to the complicated and challenging situation of steadily increasing and intensifying social contention. There is evidence that neither litigation nor non-litigation means of dispute resolution can effectively resolve social conflicts. In light of this difficulty, various experiments have been put in place at the local level to meet social needs and manage social crises while balancing state power and social self-governance. We call such experiments “diversified mechanisms of dispute resolution (DMDR).” This study sheds light on the shift from an emphasis on the earlier non-litigation approach to a more diversified way of addressing collective disputes in contemporary China.

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China ; Dispute resolution ; Social Stability ; Litigation ; Diversified Mechanisms of Dispute Resolution ; Non-Litigation

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Political Discourse in Chinese Urban Community: Pragmatic Utility and Ideological Fatigue / Zheng, Yang; Hu, Jieren

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China’s urban community is an important venue to examine the function of political discourse. Drawing on the theory of strategic action field, this article regards community as a field where officials act as incumbents, citizens as challengers, and the political discourse as an internal governance unit. The empirical data from multiple cities demonstrates that political discourses have facilitated the incumbents with several pragmatic utilities such as assuring the state’s dominance, mobilizing citizens’ participation, and disciplining residents’ regular behaviors. Meanwhile, these discourses have met the problem of ideological fatigue. Local officials’ hypocritical identification and citizens’ disguised conformity disenable the Party-state to win recognition from both citizens and officials. The findings of this article enrich the current study of political discourse with a new perspective.

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Political Discourse ; Chinese Urban Community

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Political Discourse in Chinese Urban Community: Pragmatic Utility and Ideological Fatigue / Zheng, Yang

Zheng, Yang	Journal Article
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