Not against the state, just protecting residents’ interests: An urban movement in a Shanghai neighborhood

How is it that these residential movements take place nonetheless? Why do these movements and actions persist even when they lack resources and support from civil society? And, how are these collective actions possible in a semiauthoritarian setting (see also the introduction of this volume), given that they directly confront the state’s local agents? These questions lead us to examine more closely the dynamics and strategies of collective action in urban grassroots China.