Good Governance for Environmental Protection in China
Instrumentation, Strategic Interactions and Unintended Consequences
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3985294 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Thomas Johnson (0000-0002-6695-4291) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 44 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 241-258 |
| Publication date | 2014-04-03 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Contemporary Asia (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0047-2336 • E-ISSN: 1752-7554 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00472336.2013.870828 |
| OpenAlex | W2082817999 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 20 |
| References cited | 17 |
During the past decade, China's Ministry of Environmental Protection has pursued a strategy of "extending governance" to the public by creating formal public participation channels and promoting environmental transparency. Rather than representing a normative end in their own right, these features of "good governance" are being used instrumentally by the political executive to enlist public support in enforcing environmental regulations, and to depoliticise dissent by channelling it through legal mechanisms. This paper examines how environmental non-governmental organisations and "not-in-my-backyard" movements strategically interact with the Ministry of Environmental Protection and its good governance rhetoric to promote their own objectives. At the same time, it argues that unintended consequences have emerged as Chinese citizens increasingly assert their participatory and transparency "rights." By appropriating instrumental good governance policies to their own advantage, citizens define concepts such as participation and transparency on their own terms
Business · China · Corporate governance · Environmental governance · Good governance · Normative · Political science · Politics · Public participation · Public relations · Transparency (behavior · Unintended consequences · China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance · Law · Public Administration
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| Unique citing works | 20 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,67 |
| Citation span | 2014 - 2024 (11) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 20 |