Veena, R.  <br/><br/>
Critical examination of the stability discourse in China  

 - The Indian Journal of Political Science   
 - 77(1), Jan-Mar, 2016: p.85-92 
<br/><br/> This paper critically examines the stability discourse in China by contextualizing the political<br/>discourse of stability within the cultural discourse of harmony in order to understand the culture of<br/>protests in China. The objective is to investigate the political space for protests within the broader<br/>arena of harmony. Confucian ideal of harmony has been idealised in China and the paper examines<br/>the significance of harmony in defining difference or discontent. In the process, the paper will also<br/>examine the post reform quest for stability in China amidst increasing protests.This paper argues that<br/>the stability discourse is only a part of the larger discourse of harmony in state society relations in<br/>China. The stability is only the political use of the concept of harmony.-Reproduced <br/><br/>https://www.jstor.org/stable/26575670<br/> 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Stability Discourse, Harmony in China, Confucian Philosophy, Political Protests, State–Society Relations, Cultural Discourse, Post-Reform China, Political Space, Discontent, Chinese Governance, Protest Culture, Concept of Harmony