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Clean Air at What Cost? - The Rise of Blunt Force Regulation in China (Hardcover)
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Clean Air at What Cost? - The Rise of Blunt Force Regulation in China (Hardcover)
Series: Cambridge Studies in Law and Society
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China's green transition is often perceived as a lesson in
authoritarian efficiency. In just a few years, the state managed to
improve air quality, contain dissent, and restructure local
industry. Much of this was achieved through top-down, 'blunt force'
solutions, such as forcibly shuttering or destroying polluting
factories. This book argues that China's blunt force regulation is
actually a sign of weak state capacity and ineffective bureaucratic
control. Integrating case studies with quantitative evidence, it
shows how widespread industry shutdowns are used, not to scare
polluters into respecting pollution standards, but to scare
bureaucrats into respecting central orders. These measures have
improved air quality in almost all Chinese cities, but at immense
social and economic cost. This book delves into the negotiations,
trade-offs, and day-to-day battles of local pollution enforcement
to explain why governments employ such costly measures, and what
this reveals about a state's powers to govern society.
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