1st Edition
Guanxi and Local Green Development in China The Role of Entrepreneurs and Local Leaders
By Chunhong Sheng
Copyright 2020
214 Pages
4 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
214 Pages
4 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
214 Pages
4 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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This book examines the factors which contribute to local green development in China and employs political ecology to analyze the relationship between power and the environment. Specifically, it looks at which actors control access to resources and are therefore able to promote environmental progress.
Following the reform and opening-up of China in the 1970s, entrepreneurs and local officials... Read more
List of Tables
List of Figures
Acknowledgements
List of Acronyms
Preface
1. The Boom of Local Green Development in China
2. China’s Local Green Development Background
3. A Run-Down City Regains Competence: Shanghai
4. A Polluted City's Path Towards Low-Carbon Pioneering: Baoding
5. A Poor County's Green Leap Forward: "Green Rising-Up" in Wuning
6. A Comparative Analysis of Green Development
7. A Political Ecology of Local Green Development
Appendix
Index
Biography
Chunhong Sheng is an assistant professor at the School of International Relations and Public Affairs at Shanghai International Studies University, China.
