ISBN:
9780415433747
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xviii, 258 p)
,
ill
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Series Statement:
Routledge studies on China in transition 30
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als China's Embedded Activism : Opportunities and constraints of a social movement
DDC:
303.48/40951
Keywords:
Environmentalism
;
Social movements
;
Civil society
Abstract:
The contributors to China's Embedded Activism focus on the environmental realm - one of the most active areas of civil society in modern China
Description / Table of Contents:
Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Illustrations; Contributors; Preface; Abbreviations; 1 Introduction: Embedded activism and political change in a semi-authoritarian context; 2 Self-imposed censorship and de-politicized politics in China: Green activism or a color revolution?; 3 Corporatist control of environmental non-governmental organizations: A state perspective; 4 Media, civil society, and the rise of a green public sphere in China; 5 Grassland campaigns during the collective era: Socialist politics and local strategies in Uxin Ju
Description / Table of Contents:
6 Channeling dissent: The institutionalization of environmental complaint resolution7 Not against the state, just protecting residents' interests: An urban movement in a Shanghai neighborhood; 8 Caged by boundaries?: NGO cooperation at the Sino-Russian border1; 9 Transnational advocacy at the grassroots: Benefits and risks of international cooperation; 10 Perspectives of time and change: Rethinking green environmental activism in China; Bibliography; Index
Note:
"Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada by Routledge
,
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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