caa a22 4500 388104600 CHVBK 20180307125333.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161130e199903 xx s 000 0 eng 10.1017/S0305741000040236 doi S0305741000040236 pii (NATIONALLICENCE)cambridge-10.1017/S0305741000040236 Wright Teresa State Repression and Student Protest in Contemporary China [Elektronische Daten] [Teresa Wright] Proponents of Western-style democracy greeted the Chinese "Democracy Movement” of 1989 with great hope and anticipation. Yet the brutal end of this wave of political protest left many in despair. The rulers of the Chinese Communist Party had made it painfully clear that they would not tolerate any movement or organization which posed a threat to their political control. At the same time, however, observers and analysts also began to question the wisdom and effectiveness of the student protesters who had participated in the movement. Perhaps, many wondered, the students' behaviour had also contributed to the movement's unfortunate finale. In particular, many noted the students' disorganization, lack of respect for democratic procedures and inability to present a united position to the government. In addition, some remarked that the students' exclusive, non-integrative mobilization strategy may have weakened their ability to successfully put pressure on the government. Copyright © The China Quarterly 1999 The China Quarterly Cambridge University Press 157(1999-03), 142-172 0305-7410 157<142 1999 157 CQY https://doi.org/10.1017/S0305741000040236 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0305741000040236 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Wright Teresa NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- The China Quarterly Cambridge University Press 157(1999-03), 142-172 0305-7410 157<142 1999 157 CQY CC0 http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 nationallicence SWISSBIB 188435964 BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-cambridge