The politics of compassion : the Sichuan Earthquake and civic engagement in China /

Xu, Bin (Sociology professor),

The politics of compassion : the Sichuan Earthquake and civic engagement in China / Bin Xu. - Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, (c)2017. - 1 online resource

Includes bibliographies and index.

Consensus crisis -- Mourning for the ordinary -- Civic engagement in the recovery period -- Forgetting, remembering, and activism.



9781503603400

2017003688


Civil society--China.
Political participation--China.
Voluntarism--China.
Wenchuan Earthquake, China, 2008.


Electronic Books.

JQ1516 / .P655 2017