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China's Environmental Challenges, 2e (Paperback, 2nd Edition)
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China's Environmental Challenges, 2e (Paperback, 2nd Edition)
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China's huge environmental challenges are significant for us all.
They affect not only the health and well-being of China but the
very future of the planet. In the second edition of this acclaimed,
trailblazing book, noted China specialist and environmentalist
Judith Shapiro investigates China's struggle to achieve sustainable
development against a backdrop of acute rural poverty and soaring
middle class consumption. Using five core analytical concepts to
explore the complexities of this struggle - the implications of
globalization, the challenges of governance; contested national
identity, the evolution of civil society, and problems of
environmental justice and displacement of environmental harm -
Shapiro poses a number of pressing questions: Can the Chinese
people equitably achieve the higher living standards enjoyed in the
developed world? Are China's environmental problems so severe that
they may shake the government's stability, legitimacy and control?
To what extent are China's environmental problems due to world-wide
patterns of consumption? Does China's rise bode ill for the
displacement of environmental harm to other parts of the world? And
in a world of increasing limits on resources, how can we build a
system in which people enjoy equal access to resources without
taking them from successive generations, from the vulnerable, or
from other species? China and the planet are at a pivotal moment;
transformation to a more sustainable development model is still
possible. But - as Shapiro persuasively argues - doing so will
require humility, creativity, and a rejection of business as usual.
The window of opportunity will not be open much longer.
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