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Preserving stability and rights protection: conflict or coherence?
Schutz der Stabilität und Garantie der Rechte: Konflikt oder Übereinstimmung?
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Abstract The creation of a new administrative institution known as the “Stability Preservation
Office” at the central level, which is overseen by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)
Central Committee and has branches at every local level, from streets and townships
to enterprises, and has ... view more
The creation of a new administrative institution known as the “Stability Preservation
Office” at the central level, which is overseen by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)
Central Committee and has branches at every local level, from streets and townships
to enterprises, and has extraordinary powers to override other regular institutions
and branches of government, is a clear indication that the Chinese government’s efforts
to preserve stability are not limited to the conventional business of crime control
or public security. This paper traces the origin of the discourse and practice of
preserving stability and the rights defence movement in China, investigating the interplay
or interaction between the two. It examines the end and the means of stability preservation,
explores whether the measures taken by the government to preserve stability or the
rights protection actions taken by citizens are the root cause of social unrest, and
whether the suppression of discontent or the improvement of human rights and social
justice is the better way to achieve social stability in contemporary China. It contributes
to our understanding of emerging state-society relations and the latest social and
political trends in China.... view less
Keywords
social stability; human rights; political stability; political system; protest; civil rights; domestic security; China; communist party
Classification
Political System, Constitution, Government
Political Process, Elections, Political Sociology, Political Culture
Free Keywords
weiwen
Document language
English
Publication Year
2013
Page/Pages
p. 21-50
Journal
Journal of Current Chinese Affairs, 42 (2013) 2
Issue topic
Preserving stability: process, dimensions and ideological exercise
ISSN
1868-4874
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works