Environmental conflicts are the source of many large-scale popular protests in China, with some protests substantially endangering social order. Such protests have often prompted severe counter measures by both national and local government, but have often then gone on to result in compromises whereby the demands of protesters have been largely met. This book considers the nature of environmental conflicts in China and the way in which national and local governments have handled the situations. It includes detailed case studies of particular conflicts, relates the governance of environmental conflicts in China to wider discussions on the nature of governance and examines under what conditions government in China makes compromises. The book concludes by assessing the lessons for the future.
Chapter 1: Government strategies in environmental conflicts: A governance issue for Chinese local governments. Chapter 2: Government strategies in environmental conflicts: A literature review. Chapter 3: Toward a conceptual framework to describe and explain government strategies in governing Chinese environmental conflicts. Chapter 4: Research strategy and research method. Chapter 5: Government strategies in governing environmental conflicts: The Panyu waste incineration power plant in Guangzhou as a single case. Chapter 6: Government strategies in governing environmental conflicts: The Dalian PX plant as a single case. Chapter 7: What makes the patterns of government strategies similar and different during environmental conflicts? Chapter 8: Under what conditions do Chinese local governments make compromises with local communities during environmental conflicts? Chapter 9: Toward a conclusion: Governing environmental conflicts in China. Appendix 1: Description of the 10 cases. Appendix 2: Interviewee list in China
Biography
Li Yanwei is an Associate Professor in the School of Public Administration, Nanjing Normal University, China.
