| Collective resistance in China: Why popular protests succeed or fail Y Cai Stanford University Press, 2020 | 693 | 2020 |
| Power structure and regime resilience: contentious politics in China Y Cai British Journal of Political Science 38 (3), 411-432, 2008 | 451 | 2008 |
| The resistance of Chinese laid-off workers in the reform period Y Cai The China Quarterly 170, 327-344, 2002 | 371 | 2002 |
| Collective ownership or cadres' ownership? The non-agricultural use of farmland in China Y Cai The China Quarterly 175, 662-680, 2003 | 354 | 2003 |
| Local governments and the suppression of popular resistance in China Y Cai The China Quarterly 193, 24-42, 2008 | 285 | 2008 |
| Managed participation in China Y Cai Pol. Sci. Q. 119, 425, 2004 | 273 | 2004 |
| State and laid-off workers in reform China: the silence and collective action of the retrenched Y Cai Routledge, 2006 | 229 | 2006 |
| Disaggregating the state: networks and collective resistance in Shanghai F Shi, Y Cai The China Quarterly 186, 314-332, 2006 | 223 | 2006 |
| China's moderate middle class: the case of homeowners' resistance Y Cai Asian Survey 45 (5), 777-799, 2005 | 210 | 2005 |
| Between state and peasant: local cadres and statistical reporting in rural China Y Cai The China Quarterly 163, 783-805, 2000 | 147 | 2000 |
| Social conflicts and modes of action in China Y Cai The China Journal, 89-109, 2008 | 136 | 2008 |
| State and agents in China: disciplining government officials Y Cai Stanford University Press, 2014 | 110 | 2014 |
| Irresponsible state: local cadres and image-building in China Y Cai Journal of Communist Studies and Transition Politics 20 (4), 20-41, 2004 | 109 | 2004 |
| Rural cadres and governance in China: incentive, institution and accountability J Kung, Y Cai, X Sun The China Journal, 61-77, 2009 | 102 | 2009 |
| The occupy movement in Hong Kong: Sustaining decentralized protest Y Cai Routledge, 2016 | 70 | 2016 |
| Civil Resistance and Rule of Law in China: the Case of Defending Home Owners' Rights Y Cai Grassroots Political Reform in Contemporary China, 174-195, 2007 | 62* | 2007 |
| Disciplining local officials in China: The case of conflict management Y Cai, L Zhu The China Journal 70 (1), 98-119, 2013 | 59 | 2013 |
| Online political participation in China: Local government and differentiated response Y Cai, T Zhou The China Quarterly 238, 331-352, 2019 | 54 | 2019 |
| Homeowners' activism in Beijing: Leaders with mixed motivations Y Cai, Z Sheng The China Quarterly 215, 513-532, 2013 | 52 | 2013 |
| State power and unbalanced legal development in China Y Cai, S Yang* Journal of Contemporary China 14 (42), 117-134, 2005 | 49 | 2005 |
