Contemporary Environmental Policy Governance in China

Victoria S. Zhou is a political science researcher who received her PhD from the University of Tübingen, Germany. Her research examines the politics and society of the Greater China Region, as well as the experiences of overseas Chinese communities.

• 1. Introduction 2. Environmental Governance in China 3. MSW Eco-Management: A Cycle of Policy Trials and Failures 4. Central Steering in Policy Formulation 5. Local Steering in Policy Mobilisation 6. Policy Implementation: Minimum Compliance 7. Change Amid Continuity

"A timely, empirically rich, and theoretically innovative work that deepens our understanding of China's environmental policy processes in Xi Jinping Era."Lianjiang Li, Professor, Department of Politics and Public Administration, University of Hong Kong"China scholars have not stopped trying to understand the country's policy process in the Xi Jinping era. This excellently researched book provides profound insight into the complex local implementation of national policy guidelines, using waste separation as a case study. It sheds light on the limited steering capacities of the central government and the ongoing challenges of efficiently implementing policies in contemporary China."Gunter Schubert, Professor of Greater China Studies at the Department of Chinese Studies, Tuebingen University, Germany