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%T Citizen complaints about environmental pollution: a survey study in Suzhou, China %A Liu, Xianbing %A Dong, Yanli %A Wang, Can %A Shishime, Tomohiro %J Journal of Current Chinese Affairs %N 3 %P 193-219 %V 40 %D 2011 %K Political science; environmental policy; pollution; citizens; environmental conflicts; Suzhou %@ 1868-4874 %= 2012-02-08T16:58:00Z %~ GIGA %> https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:gbv:18-4-4592 %X This paper discusses environmental complaints made by citizens living close to industrial polluters in China. Data collected from a questionnaire survey in Suzhou City is used for the analysis. The results confirm a marginal level of citizen environmental complaints in the study area at present. Meaningful findings include the fact that citizens have a tendency to complain collectively, and that perception of the level of environmental information provided by companies significantly determines a citizen’s likelihood of lodging environmental complaints. Therefore, the disclosure of corporate environmental information must be emphasized continuously; citizens must be encouraged to correctly understand the environmental performance of companies so that they might make appropriate complaints. Governments need to show their support for citizen-led environmental complaint initiatives. The successful cases would convince them to keep a closer eye on their neighbouring polluters. %C DEU %G en %9 journal article %W GESIS - http://www.gesis.org %~ SSOAR - http://www.ssoar.info