Political process and the 1989 Chinese student movement

1 January 1992

journal article
research article
Published by Taylor & Francis in Studies in Conflict & Terrorism

Vol. 15 (3) , 169-184
https://doi.org/10.1080/10576109208435900

Abstract

This article analyzes the 1989 Chinese student movement in Beijing using the political process model that was used by Doug McAdam (1982) in his study of the U.S. civil rights movement. Discussing McAdam's three main variables—the structure of political opportunities, indigenous organizational strength, and cognitive liberation processes—as they relate to the 1989 Chinese context, the authors present a cross‐national application of the model. The Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) Daily Reports from April, May, and early June of 1989 are used as the primary sources of data on the Chinese student movement. In applying McAdam's model crossnationally, the authors call for some modifications, but find its central elements to be essentially useful in explaining the emergence, development, and basic outcomes of this social movement.

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