1st Edition

China's Embedded Activism Opportunities and constraints of a social movement

Edited By Peter Ho, Richard Edmonds Copyright 2008
288 Pages 16 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

288 Pages 16 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

288 Pages 16 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

In recent years China has been remarkable in achieving extraordinary economic transformation, yet without fundamental political change. To many observers this would seem to imply a weakness in Chinese civil society. However, though the idea of democracy as multitudes of citizens taking to the streets may be attractive, it is simultaneously misleading as it disregards the nature of political... Read more

1: Introduction: Embedded Activism and Political Change in a Semi-Authoritarian Context

Peter Ho

2. Self-imposed Censorship and De-politicized Politics in China: Green Activism or a Color Revolution?

Peter Ho

3: Corporatist Control of Environmental Non-Governmental Organizations: A State Perspective

Jiang Ru and Leonard Ortolano

4: "Of Seven Mouths and Eight Tongues": Media, Civil Society, and the Rise of a Green Public Sphere

Craig Calhoun and Guobin Yang

5: Grassland Campaigns during the Collective Era: Socialist Politics and Local Strategies in Uxin Ju

Hong Jiang

6: Channeling Dissent: The Institutionalization of Environmental Complaint Resolution

Anna Brettell

7: Not Against the State, Just Protecting Residents’ Interests: An Urban Movement in a Shanghai Neighborhood

Jiangang Zhu and Peter Ho

8: Caged by Boundaries? NGO Cooperation at the Sino-Russian Border

Yanfei Sun and Maria Tysiachniouk

9: Transnational Advocacy at the Grassroots: Benefits and Risks of International Cooperation

Katherine Morton

10. Perspectives of Time and Change: Rethinking Embedded Green Activism in China

Peter Ho and Richard Louis Edmonds

Biography

 

Richard Louis Edmonds is Visiting Professor in the Geographical Studies Program and Member, Center for East Asian Studies, University of Chicago.

 

Peter Ho is Professor in International Development Studies and Director of the Centre for Development Studies (CDS), University of Groningen

'China's Embedded Activism is another important effort in making sense of the changes that are taking place in China' -  Zhengxu Wang. The China Quarterly, 196, December 2008