Jessica Teets
Biographic Data
| ID | 247928 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jessica Teets |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jessica |
| FAMILY NAME | Teets |
| SIGNATURE | TEETS J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Middlebury College |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 76 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
‘Global Civil Society and China’ by Anthony J. Spires
Civil society organizations in China
This article examines how civil society organizations navigate local government to secure more inclusive environmental governance. Based on an in-depth case study of water governance in Zhejiang Province between 2012 and 2018, we find that Green Zhejiang, a civil society organization, exercised informal power to hold the local government accountable based on two strategies: mobilizing citizens to collect information on water pollution and strateg…
The power of policy networks in authoritarian regimes
In this article, I examine how civil society organizations (CSOs) in China created policy networks among government officials to change environmental policies. I contend that these networks work in similar ways to those in democracies, despite the focus in the literature on how policymaking in authoritarian regimes lacks societal participation. China adopted strict regulations to control CSOs by requiring registration with a supervisory agency. H…
Is China's New Overseas NGO Management Law Sounding the Death Knell for Civil Society? Maybe Not
In May 2015, a draft of China's newOverseas NGO Management Law was leaked to the media. International journalists and NGOs declared that this law was evidence of the Xi Jinping regime's political repression and a "crackdown" on civil society. In this paper, we argue that the goal of the Chinese government is not to destroy the NGO sector and civil society, but instead a tactical move in a long term strategy so that the state can gain as much bene…
The power of policy networks in authoritarian regimes
In this article, I examine how civil society organizations (CSOs) in China created policy networks among government officials to change environmental policies. I contend that these networks work in similar ways to those in democracies, despite the focus in the literature on how policymaking in authoritarian regimes lacks societal participation. China adopted strict regulations to control CSOs by requiring registration with a supervisory agency. H…
Civil society organizations in China
This article examines how civil society organizations navigate local government to secure more inclusive environmental governance. Based on an in-depth case study of water governance in Zhejiang Province between 2012 and 2018, we find that Green Zhejiang, a civil society organization, exercised informal power to hold the local government accountable based on two strategies: mobilizing citizens to collect information on water pollution and strateg…
Is China's New Overseas NGO Management Law Sounding the Death Knell for Civil Society? Maybe Not
In May 2015, a draft of China's newOverseas NGO Management Law was leaked to the media. International journalists and NGOs declared that this law was evidence of the Xi Jinping regime's political repression and a "crackdown" on civil society. In this paper, we argue that the goal of the Chinese government is not to destroy the NGO sector and civil society, but instead a tactical move in a long term strategy so that the state can gain as much bene…
The power of policy networks in authoritarian regimes
In this article, I examine how civil society organizations (CSOs) in China created policy networks among government officials to change environmental policies. I contend that these networks work in similar ways to those in democracies, despite the focus in the literature on how policymaking in authoritarian regimes lacks societal participation. China adopted strict regulations to control CSOs by requiring registration with a supervisory agency. H…
Civil society organizations in China
This article examines how civil society organizations navigate local government to secure more inclusive environmental governance. Based on an in-depth case study of water governance in Zhejiang Province between 2012 and 2018, we find that Green Zhejiang, a civil society organization, exercised informal power to hold the local government accountable based on two strategies: mobilizing citizens to collect information on water pollution and strateg…
‘Global Civil Society and China’ by Anthony J. Spires
China (4 works) · Civil society (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Politics (4 works) · China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Government (linguistics (2 works) · Power (physics (2 works) · Public Administration (2 works) · Public Administration (2 works)