Civil Society and Governance in China [electronic resource] /
Yu, Jianxing.editor.
Guo, Sujian.editor.
Written by scholars from both inside and outside China, this wide-ranging collection of essays explores the complexity of the relationship between governance and civil society by combining theoretical exploration and empirical case studies based on the governance practice in China.
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Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; List of Contributors; Introduction: The Relationship between Civil Society and Governance in China; Part I Governance and Civil Society in Theoretical Perspectives; 1 Governance as Political Theory; 2 The Tension between Governance and State-Building; 3 Creating Civil-Society Structures Top-Down?; 4 Industry Associations' Participation in Public Policymaking from the Perspective of State-Society Relations: A Conceptual Framework and Comparative Case Studies; 5 Social Enterprise in China
Part II Civil Society and Governance Practice in China6 Growing out of Participation: Finding the Developmental Path of China's Civil Society; 7 Institutional Barriers for the Development of Civil Society in Current China; 8 Recall Behavior and Right Remedy: The InternalLogic of Institutional Change-A Case Study of Three Social Organizations; 9 Transforming State and Citizen through Community Building: A View from Zhejiang; 10 Optimal Size of Business Associations under the Principle of "One Industry, One Association"; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Written by scholars from both inside and outside China, this wide-ranging collection of essays explores the complexity of the relationship between governance and civil society by combining theoretical exploration and empirical case studies based on the governance practice in China.
Asia-Politics and government.
Ethnology-Asia.
Political science.
World politics.
Asian Politics.
Asian Culture.
Political Science.
Political History.