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- Presents one of the first detailed empirical studies of environmental governance in a non-liberal state
- Challenges orthodox views about democracy, market economy, and climate change management
- Draws on rich data archives, including news reports, policy dossiers, internal documents, and interviews with 32 provincial officials, business leaders, academic researchers, and NGO practitioners
Part of the book series: Politics and Development of Contemporary China (PDCC)
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Keywords
- development
- Ecological Modernisation
- Principal-Agent Problem Solution
- Central-Local Government Relations
- Wind Power
- Solar Power
- Environmental Governance
- Decentralisation
- Sustainability
- Stakeholder Participation
- Renewable Energy
- Local Governance
- Climate Politics
- Earth Policy
- Ecological Civilisation
- Institution
- China
Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Capacity Building for Sustainable Energy Development
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China’s Growing ‘Strategic’ Sustainable Energy Industry
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Book Title: Governing Sustainable Energies in China
Authors: Geoffrey Chun-fung Chen
Series Title: Politics and Development of Contemporary China
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-30969-9
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-30968-2Published: 11 July 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-80932-8Published: 30 May 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-30969-9Published: 29 June 2016
Series ISSN: 2946-2355
Series E-ISSN: 2946-2363
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 296
Number of Illustrations: 7 illustrations in colour
Topics: Asian Politics, Comparative Politics, Sustainable Development, Environmental Politics, Development Economics, Energy Policy, Economics and Management