Download full text
(external source)
Citation Suggestion
Please use the following Persistent Identifier (PID) to cite this document:
https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:gbv:18-4-4532
Exports for your reference manager
The evolution of environmental policy in the People's Republic of China
Die Entwicklung der Umweltpolitik in der Volksrepublik China
[journal article]
Abstract
This paper outlines how the evolution of China's policy and study of the environment are reflected in the scholarly literature, paying special attention to the impact of the country's environmental developments on international relations. In particular, it examines accounts of how China has moved fr... view more
This paper outlines how the evolution of China's policy and study of the environment are reflected in the scholarly literature, paying special attention to the impact of the country's environmental developments on international relations. In particular, it examines accounts of how China has moved from an isolated national scientific and environmental control infrastructure into the centre of international environmental debates as its society has opened and the geographical scale of ecological problems has expanded. The paper also identifies the continuing inhibitors to China's ability to control environmental degradation – including lack of transparency, elite manipulation, and bureaucratic weaknesses – despite the opening of China's system to limited participation of civil society in its environmental debates.... view less
Keywords
international relations; civil society; implementation; participation; climate change; environmental policy; environmental pollution; China; Far East
Classification
Special areas of Departmental Policy
Ecology, Environment
Method
descriptive study
Free Keywords
Political science; environmental policy; climate change; pollution; contemporary
Document language
English
Publication Year
2011
Page/Pages
p. 13-35
Journal
Journal of Current Chinese Affairs, 40 (2011) 3
ISSN
1868-4874
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works