1. The Left in China: A Political Cartography.
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Karl, Rebecca E.
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POLITICAL participation , *CARTOGRAPHY , *POLITICAL science writing , *OCCUPY protest movement , *SOCIAL movements - Abstract
Ruckus doesn't have a clear answer to any of this, even while he does seem to assume that leftist social struggles play a role similar in China as they do in Euro-America, a premise about which I am considerably less convinced than he is. The lead-up to 1989 and the aftermath of the Tiananmen movement occupy a good deal of Ruckus's attention towards the last chapters of the book. The periodizing, then, gives an indication of what concerns Ruckus most: these are anti-systemic organized social movements that are neither Communist Party-led nor Communist Party-inspired, but rather that attempt to force the Party to live up to its proclaimed socialist pursuits. [Extracted from the article]
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- 2023
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