Part I. Thinking Comparatively: 1. Protest made in global China; 2. Comparing Falun Gong and Minyun as movements; 3. The forgotten importance of Falun Gong; Part II. The Cases: 4. Falun Gong: Qigong fad, new religion, protest movement; 5. Falun Gong's history of 'stepping forward'; 6. Overseas Minyun: democracy through bureaucracy, factionalism, and asylum brokering; Part III. Making Social Movements in Diaspora; 7. Publics, proselytizing, and protest: tactical repertoires compared; 8. Clarifying truth and saving souls; 9. Conclusion.
Presents an empirically and theoretically rich sociological study of two Chinese diaspora protest movements: Falun Gong and the Chinese democracy movement.
Andrew Junker is Adjunct Assistant Professor in Sociology at The Chinese University of Hong Kong. He earned a Ph.D. from Yale University, Connecticut, where his research was awarded Yale's annual Sussman Award for best sociology dissertation. He is also a recipient of a National Science Foundation grant and a University of Chicago Harper Fellowship.
'Junker's incisive analysis of the two largest and most organized
citizen movements in China's reform era - Falun Gong and the
post-1989 democracy movement - is an invaluable resource for
scholars of contentious politics and state-society relations, as
well as those seeking to understand the direction of politics
within the overseas Chinese diaspora.' Carl Minzner, Fordham
University School of Law, New York
'Becoming Activists in Global China is an extraordinarily
interesting book. Employing impressive hermeneutic
skills, Junker comes up with one eye-popping cultural
interpretation after another. These empirical discoveries serve
Junker's broader, theoretical ambition, which is to demonstrate
that shared meanings - what he terms 'in-group culture' - play a
much more consequential role in the formation of social movements
than previous sociological thinking has allowed.' Jeffrey C.
Alexander, Lillian Chavenson Saden Professor of Sociology, Yale
University, Connecticut
'An excellent book, meticulously researched, clearly written, and
theoretically path-breaking.' David A. Palmer, author of Qigong
Fever: Body, Science and Utopia in China
'The book is methodologically solid, empirically nuanced, and
theoretically provocative. Each page is an intellectually rewarding
experience.' Rongbin Han, Mobilization
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