Green Politics in China: Environmental Governance and State-Society Relations Contributor(s): Zhang, Joy Y. (Joint Author), Barr, Michael (Joint Author) |
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ISBN: 0745332994 ISBN-13: 9780745332994 Publisher: Pluto Press (UK) OUR PRICE: $35.15 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2013 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Public Policy - Environmental Policy - History | Asia - China |
Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.3" W x 8.3" (0.50 lbs) 168 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - Chinese |
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Publisher Description: Based on interviews with members of grassroots organisations, media and government institutions, Green Politics in China is an in-depth account of the novel ways Chinese society is responding to its environmental crisis, using examples rarely captured in Western media or academia. The struggle for clean air, low-carbon conspiracy theories, is transforming Chinese society, producing new forms of public fund raising and the encouraging the international tactics of grassroots NGOs. In doing so, they challenge static understandings of state-society relations in China, providing a crucial insight into the way in which China is changing internally and emerging as a powerful player in global environmental politics. |
Contributor Bio(s): Zhang, Joy Y.: - Joy Y Zhang is a Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Kent and is an Affiliated Researcher at the Collège d'Etudes Mondiales, Fondation Maison des sciences de l'homme, France. She is the author of The Cosmopolitanization of Science: Stem Cell Governance in China (2012).Barr, Michael: - Michael D. Barr is Associate Professor in International Relations, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia. |