Public security and governance in contemporary China / edited by Mingjun Zhang and Xinye Wu ; translated by Fang Fang.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface -- An analysis of typical contentious actions happened in 2013 -- How contentious actions become violent? -- Violent patient-hospital disputes : emerging and escalating -- Monetary compensation for mine disaster settlement -- Domain security and nonconventional security : operation of agency of China Kouan -- Joint response mechanism of public emergencies in China -- Policy changes for urban vendor management -- Sysmatic respondence in China's water pollution accident -- Food safety chain : policy and empirical perspective -- NPOs involved in social conflicts and the relationship with government -- Social integration of the second-generation rural migrants in Shanghai -- Political priority over rule of law : ethnic conflicts and solutions in China.