Guanxi and Local Green Development in China
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Guanxi and Local Green Development in China

The Role of Entrepreneurs and Local Leaders

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Guanxi and Local Green Development in China

The Role of Entrepreneurs and Local Leaders

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About This Book

This book examines the factors which contribute to local green development in China and employs political ecology to analyze the relationship between power and the environment. Specifically, it looks at which actors control access to resources and are therefore able to promote environmental progress.

Following the reform and opening-up of China in the 1970s, entrepreneurs and local officials profited economically and politically and formed close relationships, known as guanxi in China. As a result, they have also been criticized as those responsible for the associated ecological damage. This book does not contest this association, but instead argues that the current literature places too much emphasis on their negative influence and the positive influence of their environmental work has been neglected. Building on three case studies where local green development is being pursued, Shanghai Pudong New Area, Baoding, and Wuning, this book shows how local officials and entrepreneurs can also be the crusaders of a greener environment at the local level in China.

This book will be of great interest to students and scholars of Chinese studies, with a particular interest in environmental policy and politics, business and society, as well as those interested in sustainable development more broadly.

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Publisher
Routledge
Year
2019
ISBN
9780429683817
Edition
1
Topic
Economics
Subtopic
Sustainable Development
Index
Economics

Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Half Title Page
  3. Series Page
  4. Title Page
  5. Copyright Page
  6. Table of Contents
  7. List of illustrations
  8. Preface
  9. Acknowledgments
  10. List of abbreviations
  11. 1 The boom of local green development in China
  12. 2 China’s local green development background
  13. 3 A run-down city regains competence: Shanghai
  14. 4 A polluted city’s path towards low-carbon pioneering: Baoding
  15. 5 A poor county’s green leap forward: “Green Rising-Up” in Wuning
  16. 6 A comparative analysis of green development
  17. 7 A political ecology of local green development
  18. Appendix: interview and fieldwork information
  19. Index