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100			_aYue, Lori Qin _916073
245			_aContesting commercialization: Political influence , responsive authoritarianism, and cultural resistance
260			_bAdministrative Science Quarterly
300			_a64(2), Jun, 2019: p.435-465.
520			_aWe develop theory on how a contentious moral market can develop, and we test it with data from a study of the commercialization of Buddhist temples in China from 2006 to 2016, as local government officials try to boost the local economy by transforming temples into tourist enterprises that charge admission fees. The practice is resisted by monks and the public such that the central government, which values public appearances of social justice, is pressured to support their resistance to local officials’ economic demands. Using a data panel of 141 temples, we show that temples’ admission fees are significantly related to the pressure that local government officials face to develop the economy. We also find that resistance to the fees exploits a factional political structure, as the monk-led movement leverages the influence of one political clique that is highly concerned with public appearances of social justice to resist the request of another. In addition, bottom-up channels such as the Internet and marketized media help the public voice its grievances, coordinate collective action, and therefore align with and mobilize the central government to override local government. The contentious view enhances our understanding of how resistance can be possible and effective, especially in an authoritarian regime.
650			_aCultural resistance _916067
650			_aAuthoritarianism _916068
650			_aMoral market _916069
650			_aBuddhism - China _916070
700			_aWang, Jue _916071
700			_aYang,Botao _916072
773			_aAdministrative Science Quarterly
906			_aLocal government
942			_cAR