Newman, E orcid.org/0000-0002-2414-5269 and Zhang, C (2021) The Mass Line approach to countering violent extremism in China: the road from propaganda to hearts and minds. Asian Security, 17 (2). pp. 262-278. ISSN 1479-9855
Abstract
As a strategy to temper centralized governance with a degree of public participation in China, the “Mass Line” approach has been used throughout the history of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to mobilize citizens in support of national projects and use this engagement as a channel for feedback. The Mass Line has been employed in attempts to address “radicalization” and challenges to centralized state control, indicating that the CCP’s approach to counter-terrorism goes beyond the top-down, oppressive tactics that China is often associated with. This paper explores China’s programmes of mass mobilization as a part of its counter-radicalization strategy in order to deepen understanding of how the country is responding to a key security challenge. It demonstrates that this approach reflects significant historical continuities, and thus national characteristics, in terms of political culture and state control.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2020 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. This is an author produced version of an article published in Asian Security. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Education, Social Sciences and Law (Leeds) > School of Politics & International Studies (POLIS) (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 03 Nov 2020 16:13 |
Last Modified: | 18 Jul 2022 15:20 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Routledge |
Identification Number: | 10.1080/14799855.2020.1825379 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:167517 |