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Green Politics in China: Environmental Governance and State-society Relations

Zhang, Joy Yueyue, Barr, Michael (2013) Green Politics in China: Environmental Governance and State-society Relations. Pluto Press, 168 pp. ISBN 978-0-7453-3299-4. (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:34560)

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Abstract

Based on interviews with members of grassroots organisations, media and government institutions, Green Politics in China provides an in-depth and engaging account of the novel ways in which Chinese society is responding to its environmental crisis, using examples rarely captured in Western media or academia. Joy Y. Zhang and Michael Barr explain how environmental problems are transforming Chinese society through new developments such as the struggle for clean air, low-carbon conspiracy theories, new forms of public fund raising and the international tactics of grassroots NGOs. In doing so, they challenge static understandings of state-society relations in China. Green Politics in China is an illuminating and detailed investigation which provides crucial insights into how China is both changing internally and emerging as a powerful player in global environmental politics.

Item Type: Book
Subjects: H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General)
H Social Sciences > HM Sociology
Divisions: Divisions > Division for the Study of Law, Society and Social Justice > School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research
Depositing User: Mita Mondal
Date Deposited: 08 Jul 2013 11:45 UTC
Last Modified: 16 Nov 2021 10:11 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/34560 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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