1st Edition
Social Entrepreneurship and Citizenship in China The rise of NGOs in the PRC
By Carolyn L. Hsu
Copyright 2017
176 Pages
18 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
176 Pages
18 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
176 Pages
18 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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Over the last thirty years, social entrepreneurship has boomed in the People’s Republic of China. Today there are hundreds of thousands of legally registered NGOs, and millions more unregistered, working in the areas of the environment, education, women’s issues, disability services, community development, LGBTQ rights, and healthcare. The rise of these Chinese NGOs and their implications for... Read more
1. The Earthquake
2. Was There Charity in Imperial China?
3. The Pioneer: From Socialism to Social Entrepreneurship
4. The Perfect Suzhi Fairy Tale
5. Getting in Bed with the State
6. Environmental NGOs: Foreign Funding and Chinese Connections
7. Conclusion: After the Earthquake
Biography
Carolyn L. Hsu is Associate Professor of Sociology at Colgate University, USA. She is the author of An Institutional Approach to Chinese NGOs (2015) and Creating Market Socialism (2007).
