Politics of Disaster Management in China

Institutions, Interest Groups, and Social Participation

Inbunden, Engelska, 2016

Av Gang Chen

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In China’s 4,000-year-long history and modern development, natural disaster management has been about not only human combat against devastating natural forces, but also institutional building, political struggle, and economic interest redistribution among different institutional players.

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Utgivningsdatum2016-05-17
Mått148 x 210 x 17 mm
Vikt330 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor137
Upplaga2016
FörlagPalgrave Macmillan
ISBN9781137557117

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Chen Gang is Senior Research Fellow at the East Asian Institute (EAI), National University of Singapore. His publications include China’s Climate Policy and Politics of China's Environmental Protection: Problems and Progress. He provides consultancy for the Singapore government on political and environmental issues in East Asia. He is frequently interviewed by media like The Wall Street Journal, CNBC, BBC, NHK, and Xinhua News Agency.

1. Natural Disaster Management in Ancient China.- 2. From ROC to PRC: Modernization of China’s Disaster Management.- 3. The Reform Era: Institutional Changes and Evolution of Norms.- 4. Bureaucratic Politics at the Central Level.- 5. Central vs Local.- 6. Military Forces in China’s Disaster Management.- 7. New Challenges from Popular Politics: NGOs, Commercial Organizations, Social Media, and Civic Society.- 8. “Reform 2.0”: Progress and Limits.- 9. China’s Natural Disaster Management: Implications for Non-democratic Governance.