Yongshun Cai Libros

The book presents a novel framework for understanding decentralized protests that thrive without strong organizations or leadership. It explores how these sustained protests reflect their broader social contexts and examines the dynamics that influence their escalation or decline. By analyzing sustained protests, the author highlights their potential to inspire more dramatic actions, spread to other areas, and effect significant policy changes, making it a crucial area of study in social movements.

This Element explores the government response to protests in China. When the Chinese government prioritizes social control, as it has under Xi Jinping's leadership, it signals that it will tolerate local governments' use of coercion. The result is an environment that is not conducive to the mobilization of collective action.

Presents an introduction to the Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus, the only book Wittgenstein published during his lifetime. This title introduces and analyses the brief and sometimes cryptic text, including Wittgestein's life, the background to the Tractatus, the ideas and the text, and the importance of Wittgenstein's work in philosophy.

Presents the practice of acupuncture. This book combines the point prescriptions of experienced practitioners with explanations that detail how and why their treatments are effective.