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China Goes Green - Coercive Environmentalism for a Troubled Planet (Paperback)
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China Goes Green - Coercive Environmentalism for a Troubled Planet (Paperback)
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Loot Price R521
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What does it mean for the future of the planet when one of the
world's most durable authoritarian governance systems pursues
"ecological civilization"? Despite its staggering pollution and
colossal appetite for resources, China exemplifies a model of
state-led environmentalism which concentrates decisive political,
economic, and epistemic power under centralized leadership. On the
face of it, China seems to embody hope for a radical new approach
to environmental governance. In this thought-provoking book, Yifei
Li and Judith Shapiro probe the concrete mechanisms of China's
coercive environmentalism to show how 'going green' helps the state
to further other agendas such as citizen surveillance and
geopolitical influence. Through top-down initiatives, regulations,
and campaigns to mitigate pollution and environmental degradation,
the Chinese authorities also promote control over the behavior of
individuals and enterprises, pacification of borderlands, and
expansion of Chinese power and influence along the Belt and Road
and even into the global commons. Given the limited time that
remains to mitigate climate change and protect millions of species
from extinction, we need to consider whether a green
authoritarianism can show us the way. This book explores both its
promises and risks.
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