opportunities and constraints of a social movement /
First Statement of Responsibility
edited by Peter Ho and Richard Louis Edmonds.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Routledge,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2008.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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xviii, 258 pages :
Other Physical Details
illustrations ;
Dimensions
24 cm.
SERIES
Series Title
Routledge studies on China in transition ;
Volume Designation
30
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 226-249) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Introduction : embedded activism and political change in a semi-authoritarian context / Peter Ho -- Self-imposed censorship and de-politicized politics in China : green activism or a color revolution? / Peter Ho -- Corporatist control of environmental non-governmental organizations : a state perspective / Jiang Ru and Leonard Ortolano -- Media, civil society, and the rise of a green public sphere in China / Guobin Yang and Craig Calhoun -- Grassland campaigns during the collective era : socialist politics and local strategies in Uxin Ju / Hong Jiang -- Channeling dissent : the institutionalization of environmental complaint resolution / Anna Brettell -- Not against the state, just protecting residents' interests : an urban movement in a Shanghai neighborhood / Jiangang Zhu and Peter Ho -- Caged by boundaries? : NGO cooperation at the Sino-Russian border / Yanfei Sun and Maria Tysiachniouk -- Transnational advocacy at the grassroots : benefits and risks of international cooperation / Katherine Morton -- Perspectives of time and change : rethinking green environmental activism in China / Peter Ho and Richard Louis Edmonds.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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Rich in case studies about environmental civic organisations in China, and written by a team of experts on social movements, NGOs, democratisation, and civil society, this book addresses a wide readership of students, scholars and professionals interested in development, political change, and contemporary Chinese society.