Civil Society Networks in China and Vietnam [electronic resource] : Informal Pathbreakers in Health and the Environment /
Wells-Dang, A.author.
This book brings a fresh, original approach to understand social action in China and Vietnam through the conceptual lens of informal environmental and health networks. It shows how citizens in non-democratic states actively create informal pathways for advocacy and the development of functioning civil societies.
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Cover; Contents; List of Tables, Figures, and Maps; Preface; Chapter 1 The Dynamic Societies of China and Vietnam; New agents of political action; Changing visions of civil society; A genealogy of networks; Comparing networks in China and Vietnam; Plan of the book; Chapter 2 Redefining Civil Society: Networks and Advocacy; Network analysis; A typology of civil society networks; Varieties of network advocacy; Embedded advocacy; Media advocacy; Community advocacy; Hypotheses on network effectiveness; Tightrope acts; Chapter 3 The Bright Future Group of People with Disabilities
Network formation and historyNetwork membership and structure; Advocacy strategies; International linkages; Network effectiveness: Policy change; Network effectiveness: Sustainability; Network effectiveness: Political space; Conclusion; Chapter 4 The China Women's Network against AIDS; Network formation and history; Network membership and structure; Advocacy strategies; International linkages; Network effectiveness: Policy change; Network effectiveness: Sustainability and political space; Conclusion; Chapter 5 Preserving Hanoi's Reunification Park; Network formation and history
Network membership and structureAdvocacy strategies; International linkages; Network effectiveness: Policy change; Network effectiveness: Sustainability; Network effectiveness: Political space; Conclusion; Chapter 6 The China Rivers Network; Network formation and history; Network membership and structure; Advocacy strategies; International linkages; Network effectiveness: Policy change; Network effectiveness: Sustainability; Network effectiveness: Political space; Conclusion; Chapter 7 Conclusion: Civil Society Networks and Political Change; Network formation and leadership
Formal and informal structuresResources and donor roles; Effectiveness; Civil society networks, social movements and political change; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This book brings a fresh, original approach to understand social action in China and Vietnam through the conceptual lens of informal environmental and health networks. It shows how citizens in non-democratic states actively create informal pathways for advocacy and the development of functioning civil societies.
Ethnology—Asia.
Economic development.
Asia—Politics and government.
Economic policy.
Sociology.
Political communication.
Asian Culture.
Development Studies.
Asian Politics.
Development Policy.
Sociology, general.
Political Communication.