This book examines stability maintenance as an alternative governance strategy adopted by the CPC in different social circumstances, including hospital disputes, food safety issues and disaster settlements. Using a variety of case studies, it will be of interests to students and scholars of Chinese studies, politics and sociology.

Preface 1. An Analysis of Typical Contentious Actions Happened in 2013 2. How Contentious Actions Become Violent? 3. Violent Patient-Hospital Disputes: Emerging and Escalating 4. Monetary Compensation for Mine Disaster Settlement 5. Domain Security and Nonconventional Security: Operation of Agency of China KOUAN 6. Joint Response Mechanism of Public Emergencies in China 7. Policy Changes for Urban Vendor Management 8. Sysmatic Respondence in China's Water Pollution Accident 9. Food Safety Chain: Policy and Empirical Perspective 10. NPOs Involved in Social Conflicts and the Relationship with Government 11. Social Integration of the Second-Generation Rural Migrants in Shanghai 12. Political Priority over Rule of Law: Ethnic Conflicts and Solutions in China

Mingjun Zhang is a Professor at East China University of Political Science and Law. His research interests include contemporary Chinese political parties and politics, and the history of the Cultural Revolution.

Xinye Wu is a Professor at East China University of Political Science and Law. His research interests include contentious politics and NGOs in China.

Fang Fang is an Associate Professor at the School of Foreign Studies in East China University of Political Science and Law. Her research interests include global governance and security discourse.