This book examines the effects of the transnational social and
environmental advocacy of foreign NGOs in China. Based on three
case studies, including China's first participatory development
project, its first successful case of transnational anti-dam
activism, and its first national park project, the book challenges
our typical understanding that global forces shape local outcomes.
Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork in China and archival work in the
United States, Matsuzawa sheds light on the entrepreneurial
behaviors of Chinese activists, researchers, and government
officials. She shows that global projects are often substantially
transformed by local actors, despite the original intentions of
their foreign collaborators and even China's central government.
Thus, it is argued that foreign NGOs are not as hegemonic or
culturally imperialistic as is commonly viewed. Matsuzawa reveals
that their goals may change profoundly as a result of their
engagements with local actors on the ground. She offers a new
theory of transnational advocacy together with an account of the
Chinese party-state's rising concerns over the influence of foreign
NGOs. Activating China will be of interest to sociologists and
political scientists working in the fields of social movement
studies and activism in China.
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