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Ecologies of Social Movements: Student Mobilization during the 1989 Prodemocracy Movement in Beijing

Zhao, Dingxin·1998·American Journal of Sociology
DOI 10.1086/231399
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Based on 70 interviews with informants who were mostly students during the 1989 Beijing student movement, the author found that the ecology of university campuses in Beijing enclosed a huge number of students in a small area with a unique spatial distribution and regulated their spatial activities. This ecology nurtured many close–knit student networks, as well as directly exposed all Beijing students to a collective action environment when the movement started. These ecological conditions not only sustained a high rate of movement participation but also facilitated the formation of many ecology–dependent strategies of student mobilization, which in turn patterned the dynamics of the movement.

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Authors
Zhao, D.
Venue
American Journal of Sociology
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Published
1998-05
Volume
103
Issue
6
Pages
1493-1529
ISSN
  • 0002-9602 (ISSN-L)
  • 1537-5390
DOI
10.1086/231399
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W2082444446
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351
References
69
FWCI
10.05
Type
journal article
Language
en
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