In recent years China has been remarkable in achieving
extraordinary economic transformation, yet without fundamental
political change. To many observers this would seem to imply a
weakness in Chinese civil society. However, though the idea of
democracy as multitudes of citizens taking to the streets may be
attractive, it is simultaneously misleading as it disregards the
nature of political change taking place in China today: a gradual
shift towards a polity adapted to a pluralist society. At the same
time, one may wonder what the limited political space implies for
the development of a social movement in China. This book explores
this question by focusing on one of the most active areas of
Chinese civil society: the environment.
China's Embedded Activism argues that China's semi-authoritarian
limitations on the freedom of association and speech, coupled with
increased social spaces for civic action has created a milieu in
which activism occurs in an embedded fashion. The
semi-authoritarian atmosphere is restrictive of, but paradoxically,
also conducive to nationwide, collective action with less risk of
social instability and repression at the hand of the governing
elite.
Rich in case studies about environmental civic organizations in
China, and written by a team of international experts on social
movements, NGOs, democratization, and civil society, this book
addresses a wide readership of students, scholars and professionals
interested in development, geography and environment, political
change, and contemporary Chinese society.
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