{"product_id":"china-goes-green-coercive-environmentalism-for-a-troubled-planet-hardback-9781509543113","title":"China Goes Green; Coercive Environmentalism for a Troubled Planet (Hardback) 9781509543113","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eChina Goes Green\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eCoercive Environmentalism for a Troubled Planet\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eYifei Li (Author), Judith Shapiro (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781509543113, Polity Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 31 July 2020\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e240 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.8 x 14.5 x 2.3 cm, 0.454 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e“A clearly written, comprehensive and timely volume, \u003ci\u003eChina Goes Green\u003c\/i\u003e will help students, researchers, and the general public understand how to think about China’s ’authoritarian environmentalism’ — or more accurately, as Li and Shapiro argue — ‘environmental authoritarianism’ under Xi Jinping. A concise guide to a very important issue.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eEmily Yeh, University of Colorado Boulder\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e“\u003ci\u003eChina Goes Green\u003c\/i\u003e brilliantly redefines our understanding of modern Chinese governance, dismantling a simplified portrait and illuminating the force, and the flaws, of the centralized approach that some officials call the ‘era of coercion.’ These insights are vital to understanding not only China’s environmental policy but also its handling of public-health emergencies and other issues of urgent global interest.”  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEvan Osnos, author of \u003ci\u003eAge of Ambition: Chasing Fortune, Truth and Faith in the New China\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e“Even as someone well versed in this material, I learned a great deal from this impressive text. I would absolutely use it with my students.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMatto Mildenberger, University of California, Santa Barbara\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e“Faith in the capacity of western forms of governance to meet the rising challenges of the Anthropocene is waning. Many find in China's brand of authoritarian environmentalism an appealing alternative. But can the appeal of this alternative withstand close scrutiny? Without denying or downplaying China's environmental achievements, Li and Shapiro subject China's environmental record to a systematic assessment. The result is a sobering account of what the authors describe as environmental authoritarianism in contrast to authoritarian environmentalism. An important argument that is particularly timely at this moment.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eOran Young, University of California, Santa Barbara\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Li and Shapiro trenchantly explore environmentalism as an element of China’s deepening and globalizing authoritarianism, while also showing that a measure of citizen involvement, or “supervision by the masses,” is required for such projects to succeed. Through nuanced case studies from urban air quality to reforestation, China Goes Green inspires us to focus on the relationship between sustainability and freedom – an endangered species in our increasingly illiberal world.’\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJesse Ribot, American University\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“\u003ci\u003eChina Goes Green: Coercive Environmentalism for a Troubled Planet\u003c\/i\u003e is a nuanced account of what China has done so far, and what lessons the world can learn from the authoritarian tone of environmentalism in China.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Earthbound Report\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e“broad and deep, well documented and clear”\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eAsian Review of Books\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“an important work that recasts the trade-offs of tackling catastrophic climate change.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJournal of Political Ecology\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Highly recommended for China scholars, those interested in the impact of China's growing global role, and everyone looking to understand how much coercion is necessary in environmental politics.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJessica C. Teets, \u003ci\u003eGovernance\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“a deeply perceptive book”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMahesh Rangarajan, \u003ci\u003eThe Telegraph India\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“timely…a deep exploration of the environmental governance system under China’s characteristic authoritarian regime.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eInternational Journal of Asian Studies\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e“[A]n in-depth analysis of the Chinese approach to solving environmental issues.”\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eEurope-Asia Studies\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\"(a) remarkable and long overdue book... its enormous strength is its comprehensive and well-balanced combination of ambitious theorizing and hard empirics.\"  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe China Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eWhat does it mean for the future of the planet when one of the world’s most durable authoritarian governance systems pursues “ecological civilization”? Despite its staggering pollution and colossal appetite for resources, China exemplifies a model of state-led environmentalism which concentrates decisive political, economic, and epistemic power under centralized leadership. On the face of it, China seems to embody hope for a radical new approach to environmental governance.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this thought-provoking book, Yifei Li and Judith Shapiro probe the concrete mechanisms of China’s coercive environmentalism to show how ‘going green’ helps the state to further other agendas such as citizen surveillance and geopolitical influence. Through top-down initiatives, regulations, and campaigns to mitigate pollution and environmental degradation, the Chinese authorities also promote control over the behavior of individuals and enterprises, pacification of borderlands, and expansion of Chinese power and influence along the Belt and Road and even into the global commons. Given the limited time that remains to mitigate climate change and protect millions of species from extinction, we need to consider whether a green authoritarianism can show us the way. This book explores both its promises and risks.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction: The Rise of Authoritarian Environmentalism \u003cp\u003eEcological Civilization as Political Philosophy\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Global Call to Action\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat is State-led Environmentalism?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAuthoritarianism in Green Clothing\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTowards Mutually Agreed-upon Coercion\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 Asserting “Green” Control: The State and its Subjects\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCampaigns and Crackdowns\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEnvironmental Campaigns\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJustifications and Risks\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTarget-setting\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTargets Gone Awry\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBehavior Modification\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEnvironmentalism at a Price\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 “Green” China Pacifies its Borders\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOne-size-fits-all Policymaking\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAfforestation by Monoculture\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Loess Plateau as an Unscalable Success\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Industrialized Forest of Uxin Banner\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGreen Grabbing: Hydropower as Ecological Civilization and Modernization\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGreen Grabbing as a Tool of Government Control\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCitizen Resistance: The Nu River and Tiger Leaping Gorge\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEcological Migration: Sedentarizing Nomads and Building Parks\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProtected Areas and National Parks\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePacifying Borderlands in the Name of the Environment\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 The State on the “Green” Belt and Road\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Belt and Road Initiative and the Environment\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWin-win Green Development\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Quest for Soft Power\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGreen Technocracy\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Morass of Contradictions\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 Global China Goes “Green”\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMastering the Trade Game\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBanning Global Waste Imports\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWithholding Rare Earths\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCurbing the Endangered Species Trade\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEngineering China’s Atmosphere\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBlue Skies or Bust\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConstructing “Sky River”: Weather Modification on the Tibetan Plateau\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOuter Space Environmentalism: The Digital Belt and Road\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGeoengineering the Earth’s Climate\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMining the Moon\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Sleeping Lion Awakes\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5 Environmental Authoritarianism on a Troubled Planet\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEnvironmental Fix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAuthoritarian Resilience\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTechno-political Underpinnings\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTransactional Logic\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndispensable Civil Society\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConsultation under State Leadership\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Politics \u0026amp; government [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Politics \u0026amp; government\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Politics%20\u0026amp;%20government%20%5BJP%5D%22\"\u003eJP\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Polity","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52441807257880,"sku":"9781509543113","price":42.36,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781509543113.jpg?v=1785026367","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/china-goes-green-coercive-environmentalism-for-a-troubled-planet-hardback-9781509543113","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}