Activating China: Local Actors, Foreign Influence, and State Response

by Setsuko Matsuzawa

Book Overview

This book examines the effects of the transnational social and environmental advocacy of foreign NGOs in China. Based on three case studies, including China's first participatory development project, its first successful case of transnational anti-dam activism, and its first national park project, the book challenges our typical understanding that global forces shape local outcomes. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork in China and archival work in...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0815360347
• ISBN13: 9780815360346
• Release Date: January 2019
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 172 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"