1st Edition
Activating China Local Actors, Foreign Influence, and State Response
By Setsuko Matsuzawa
Copyright 2019
182 Pages
by
Routledge
182 Pages
7 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
182 Pages
7 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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This book examines the effects of the transnational social and environmental advocacy of foreign NGOs in China. Based on three case studies, including China’s first participatory development project, its first successful case of transnational anti-dam activism, and its first national park project, the book challenges our typical understanding that global forces shape local outcomes. Drawing on... Read more
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgements
1. Devils on the Doorstep: China and "Foreign Influence"
2. Global Discourses and NGO Development Inside China
3. Development along China’s Periphery: Yunnan
4. The Ford Foundation’s Poverty Alleviation Project: Unintended Consequences of Participatory Discourse
5. NGO Activism against Nu River Hydropower Dam: Horizontal Dynamics in Transnational Activism
6. Saving the Last Great Places: The Irony of China’s First National Park
7. Conclusion: Local Actors in Transnational Activation
Index
Biography
Setsuko Matsuzawa is Associate Professor of Sociology at the College of Wooster, USA.
