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This paper contributes to the literature by investigating the effects of farmland property rights on public security using the China Labor-force Dynamics Survey data. The results indicate that farmland property rights positively impact public security. This study uses the instrumental variable to solve the endogenous problem. Based on the results, farmland property rights have a positive and significant effect on public security due to the reduction of land acquisition conflicts and social poverty. Hence, this research suggests that the protection of farmland property rights plays a crucial role in ensuring the harmonious development of rural society. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Over the past two decades, the Chinese domestic security apparatus has expanded dramatically. “Stability maintenance” operations have become a top priority for local Chinese authorities. We argue that this trend goes back to the early 1990s, when central Party authorities adopted new governance models that differed dramatically from those of the 1980s. They increased the bureaucratic rank of public security chiefs within the Party apparatus, expanded the reach of the Party political-legal apparatus into a broader range of governance issues, and altered cadre evaluation standards to increase the sensitivity of local authorities to social unrest. We show that the origin of these changes lies in a policy response to the developments of 1989–1991, namely the Tiananmen democracy movement and the collapse of communist political systems in Eastern Europe. Over the past twenty years, these practices have developed into an extensive stability maintenance apparatus, whereby local governance is increasingly oriented around the need to respond to social unrest, whether through concession or repression. Chinese authorities now appear to be rethinking these developments, but the direction of reform remains unclear. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Transitional society means that the society is in a period of the transition from traditional one to modern one, during which the state's authority is weakened due to pluralistic culture and citizens are set free to participate in public affairs. Then, in a transitional society, the weak governability of state can not promise the public security to the public, while the imperfect civil society lacks enough experience and ability in autonomy to face such a challenge. So, how to perfect the civil society as an autonomous role to be played in transitional period is critical to public security, by which not only the thinking mode of public security governance can be extended, but also the governmental infringement of citizens' security rights can be prevented so as to realize the stable governance in transitional society. In China there are several problems in this respect and they are necessary to be solved though China's civil society has the background of experience to a certain extent for participating in public security governance. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Public security officers are the first to be called upon to restore order where an incident has been precipitated by a person with mental illness. The paper introduces the steps followed by the officers in handling the case. Problems related to mental health legislation, guardianship, medical services, and policing practices are examined. Since there are not yet comprehensive policies and legislation to protect mental patients in China, it is suggested that more police training be introduced, effective internal monitoring be enforced to limit police discretion, and collaboration between public security, civil affairs and health departments be enhanced. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]