China`s Water Warriors – Citizen Action and Policy Change
Autor Andrew C. Merthaen Limba Engleză Paperback – 14 dec 2010
Although bargaining has always been present in Chinese politics, more recently the media, nongovernmental organizations, and other activists--actors hitherto denied a seat at the table--have emerged as serious players in the policy-making process. Drawing from extensive field research in some of the most remote parts of Southwest China, China's Water Warriors contains rich narratives of the widespread opposition to dams in Pubugou and Dujiangyan in Sichuan province and the Nu River Project in Yunnan province.
Mertha concludes that the impact and occasional success of such grassroots movements and policy activism signal a marked change in China's domestic politics. He questions democratization as the only, or even the most illuminating, indicator of political liberalization in China, instead offering an informed and hopeful picture of a growing pluralization of the Chinese policy process as exemplified by hydropower politics.
For the 2010 paperback edition, Mertha tests his conclusions against events in China since 2008, including the Olympics, the devastating 2008 Wenchuan earthquake, and the Uighar and Tibetan protests of 2008 and 2009.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780801476686
ISBN-10: 0801476682
Pagini: 192
Dimensiuni: 156 x 235 x 18 mm
Greutate: 0.3 kg
Ediția:Revised
Editura: MB – Cornell University Press
ISBN-10: 0801476682
Pagini: 192
Dimensiuni: 156 x 235 x 18 mm
Greutate: 0.3 kg
Ediția:Revised
Editura: MB – Cornell University Press
Cuprins
Preface1 China's Hydraulic Society?
2 Actors, Interests, and Issues at Stake
3 From Policy Confl ict to Political Showdown: The Failure at Pubugou
4 From Economic Development to Cultural Heritage: Expanding the Sphere at Dujiangyan
5 The Nu River Project and the Middle Ground of Political Pluralization
6 A Kinder, Gentler "Fragmented Authoritarianism"?Index
2 Actors, Interests, and Issues at Stake
3 From Policy Confl ict to Political Showdown: The Failure at Pubugou
4 From Economic Development to Cultural Heritage: Expanding the Sphere at Dujiangyan
5 The Nu River Project and the Middle Ground of Political Pluralization
6 A Kinder, Gentler "Fragmented Authoritarianism"?Index
Descriere
Mertha argues that as China has become increasingly market driven and decentralized, the control and management of water has transformed from an unquestioned economic imperative to a lightning rod of bureaucratic infighting, opposition, and open protest.