Abstract
Over the past two decades, the proliferation of new forms of social organizations in China has engendered a lively debate among Chinese and foreign observers about their role in politics and their relations with the party-state. Environmental groups in particular have been a focus of interest. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) still aims at maintaining a monopoly on organization and therefore places restrictions on the growth of independent associations. Nevertheless, there has been an undeniable expansion of social organizations.
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- Environmental Impact Assessment
- Chinese Communist Party
- Civil Society Actor
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An earlier version of this paper has been presented to different audiences at Wuerzburg University, Heidelberg University, and the University of Cologne. I am particularly grateful for helpful comments by Christian Göbel on a previous draft.
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Alpermann, B. (2010). State and Society in China’s Environmental Politics. In: Kassiola, J.J., Guo, S. (eds) China’s Environmental Crisis. Environmental Politics and Theory. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230114364_6
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