1st Edition

Environmental Activism in China

By Lei Xie Copyright 2009
228 Pages
by Routledge

240 Pages
by Routledge

240 Pages
by Routledge

Major environmental degradation is a serious problem for China as the country's economy continues to grow at a phenomenal pace. In recent years environmental organisations have begun to emerge in China, and in some cases have had remarkable success in affecting policies which would have had significant adverse impacts on the environment. This book, based on extensive original research, adopts a... Read more

Introduction.  1. Environmental Governance and NGOs: An Introduction to China  2. Analysing Chinese Environmental Movement Networks  3. Environmental Activism in Panjin, Liaoning Province  4. Environmental Activism in Beijing  5. Environmental Activism in Xiangfan, Hubei Province  6. Environmental Activism in Shanghai  7. Comparison and Conclusions

Biography

Lei Xie received her PhD from Wageningen University, the Netherlands. She is currently working for Chinadialogue.net. She is also an Honorary Visiting Fellow at the Centre for International Politics, City University, London.

'The book offers very interesting and rich empirical analyses. The detail of case studies contribute to our understanding of how environmental activism works in China. Xie's careful discussion also reminds us of the challenges of establishing straightforward and generalizable causal relationships when studying a country as diverse as China.' - Miwa Hirono, University of Nottingham, The China Journal, No. 63