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dc.contributor.authorXie, L
dc.date.accessioned2016-07-11T12:20:53Z
dc.date.issued2016-06-30
dc.description.abstractThis article investigates participatory environmental management in rural China. It first summarizes the extent, role and key drivers of public participation in environmental politics in China. It then investigates main scenarios of interaction between the Chinese public and the state, in order to assess the array of possibilities for political participation in environmental matters. This comparative study of public participation in environmental management focuses on grass-roots initiatives that point to increasing public enthusiasm for policymaking processes. The article concludes that participatory practices have impacted significantly upon environmental governance by facilitating implementation and bettering policy and, to a certain extent, legitimizing the discretion of environmental protection agencies. The article also indicates that grass-roots deliberative participation has successfully achieved its goal of improving the provision of social services and public goods. While the government’s initial approach was to improve policy implementation without triggering political contestation, at grass-roots level this strategy has created a sense of political awareness.en_GB
dc.identifier.citationVol. 30 no. 2, pp. 188-208en_GB
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/0920203X16653880
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10871/22471
dc.language.isoenen_GB
dc.publisherSageen_GB
dc.subjectpolitical participationen_GB
dc.subjectgovernanceen_GB
dc.subjectempowermenten_GB
dc.subjectdeliberationen_GB
dc.subjectenvironmental managementen_GB
dc.subjectcitizenshipen_GB
dc.titleEnvironmental governance and rural public participation in Chinaen_GB
dc.typeArticleen_GB
dc.date.available2016-07-11T12:20:53Z
dc.identifier.issn1741-590X
dc.descriptionThis is the author accepted manuscript. The final version is available from the publisher via the DOI in this record.en_GB
dc.identifier.journalChina Information: a journal on contemporary China studiesen_GB


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