Governing Sustainable Energies in China (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016)

This book examines sustainable energy development in China, a non-liberal state, as a counterexample to conventional wisdom that effective policy outcomes are premised on the basis of decentralized governance. The use of sustainable energies as part of the solution for stabilising global warming has been promoted in industrialised countries for the past three decades. In the last ten years, China has expanded its renewable energy capacity with unprecedented speed and breadth. This phenomenon seems to contradict the principle of orthodox environmental governance, in which stakeholder participation is deemed a necessary condition for effective policy outcomes. Based upon policy documents, news report and interviews with 32 policy makers, business leaders, and NGO practitioners in selected subnational governments, this book examines the politics of sustainable energy in China. It engages debates over the relationships among democratic prioritisation, environmental protection, and economic empowerment, arguing that China's quasi-corporatist model in the sustainable energy field challenges Western scholars' dominant assumptions about ecopolitics.

General

Imprint:	Springer International Publishing AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	Politics and Development of Contemporary China
Release date:	July 2016
First published:	2016
Authors:	Geoffrey Chun-fung Chen
Dimensions:	210 x 148 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	296
Edition:	1st ed. 2016
ISBN-13:	978-3-319-30968-2
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Comparative politics Books > Business & Economics > Economics > Development economics Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Applied ecology > General Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Environmental economics > Sustainability
LSN:	3-319-30968-4
Barcode:	9783319309682

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