China's water warriors
Subtitle: citizen action and policy change
By: Andrew C. Mertha.
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Ithaca
Language: eng
Number of pages: 168
ISBN-13: 9780801446368
Subjects: Water resources development -- Political aspects -- China; Environmentalism -- Political aspects -- China; Economic development -- Environmental aspects -- China; Environmental policy -- China; China -- Politics and government -- 1976-2002; China -- Politics and government -- 2002-
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: China's hydraulic society?; title: Actors, interests, and issues at stake; title: From policy conflict to political showdown : the failure at Pubugou; title: From economic development to cultural heritage : expanding the sphere at Dujiangyan; title: The Nu River project and the middle ground of political pluralization; title: A kinder, gentler "fragmented authoritarianism"?.