ABSTRACT
Rapid socioeconomic changes in the context of market-oriented reforms, urbanization, and administrative decentralization have dramatically altered the conditions under which mobilization politics unfold in Chinese society. Various forms of mobilization, such as peasant resistance, labor protest, homeowner movement, environmental activism as well as a diverse array of NGOs associated with these dynamics, in turn, have triggered a significant reconfiguration of local governance and have resulted in far-reaching impacts on the Chinese political evolution.
