China’s Environmental Crisis [electronic resource] : Domestic and Global Political Impacts and Responses /
Kassiola, J.editor.
This path-breaking collection covers the significance of China's extreme environmental challenges for both Chinese society and the world, how these challenges are impacting domestic Chinese society and its political institutions, and how these institutions are responding in their efforts to address the environmental problems.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
China's environmental crisis : a global crisis with Chinese characteristics : from Confucius to cell phones / Joel Jay Kassiola and Sujian Guo -- Desertificaton in China : problems with policies and perceptions / Hong Jiang -- Network public management and the challenge of biodiversity management in China / Sara R. Jordan -- Changing climate? : China's new interest in global climate change negotiations / Wei Liang -- Environmental stressors and food security in China / Jerry McBeath and Jennifer McBeath -- State and society in China's environmental politics / Bjorn Alpermann -- Responding to climate disaster : the cosmopolitan challenge in China / Paul G. Harris -- Digital power : public participation in an environmental controversy / Yanmin Yu and Fanxu Zeng -- Confucianizing modernity and "modernizing" Confucianism : environmentalism and the need for a confucian positive argument for social change / Joel Jay Kassiola.
pt. 1. Current ecological conditions and public policies in China : desertification, biodiversity, climate change, and food security -- pt. 2. The formation and policy influences of ENGOs (Environmental Non-Governmental Organizations) in China -- pt. 3. Environmentally caused social change in China : new media technologies and traditional Confucian values updated.
This path-breaking collection covers the significance of China's extreme environmental challenges for both Chinese society and the world, how these challenges are impacting domestic Chinese society and its political institutions, and how these institutions are responding in their efforts to address the environmental problems.
Environmental policy.
Asia—Politics and government.
Political science.
International relations.
Political economy.
Environmental Politics.
Asian Politics.
Political Science.
International Relations.
International Political Economy.