{"product_id":"9783032280664","title":"Restorative Justice in China A Paradox of Powerhouse and Resistance","description":"\u003ch3\u003ePalgrave Advances in Criminology and Criminal Justice in Asia\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eRestorative Justice in China\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eA Paradox of Powerhouse and Resistance\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eYan Zhang\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eSocial Science \/ Criminology\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis monograph provides an empirical and theoretical exploration of restorative justice (RJ) in China, the world’s largest and most diverse RJ system, yet one that remains underexplored in global socio-legal and criminological scholarship. Based on extensive fieldwork—including semi-structured interviews with legal professionals and community mediators, observations of mediation sessions across urban and Indigenous sites, and archival analysis—the book examines four key RJ programs: people’s mediation (community-based dispute resolution), public order mediation (police-led interventions for minor offenses), criminal reconciliation (state-mandated settlements in criminal cases, universally implemented across China), and De Gu mediation (an Indigenous practice among the Yi ethnic minority in Liangshan Prefecture).\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eAimed at socio-legal scholars, criminologists, political scientists, anthropologists, and policymakers interested in comparative justice systems, authoritarian governance, legal pluralism, and Indigenous justice, the book reveals how RJ operates within China’s party-state regime—often as a “thin but broad” form of justice shaped by political imperatives for social harmony and stability maintenance—while challenging Western-centric RJ models through a multi-layered analysis of macro-ideologies (e.g., Confucian harmony and Maoist dialectics), meso-institutional reforms (e.g., 2010 \u003cem\u003ePeople’s Mediation Law \u003c\/em\u003eand 2012 \u003cem\u003eCriminal Procedural Law \u003c\/em\u003eamendments), and micro-practices (e.g., frontline discretion and hybrid state-Indigenous interactions). It highlights RJ’s potential for healing, empowerment, and mutual constitution amid domination, thereby contributing to the decolonization of socio-legal theory by integrating Chinese and Indigenous Yi perspectives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eYan Zhang is at \u003cspan data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\"\u003ethe University of Melbourne\u003c\/span\u003e, Australia.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e29 July 2026\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSpringer Nature Switzerland\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePalgrave Macmillan\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9783032280664\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e242\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Springer Nature Switzerland","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47990813950092,"sku":"9783032280664","price":125.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9783032280664.jpg?v=1781059705","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9783032280664","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}