China's Environmental Challenges

ISBN-13: 9781509559671 / Twarda / 2024 / 288 str.

Judith (New Economic School) Shapiro

Recenzje

"The third edition of China's Environmental Challenges remains the go-to text for Chinese environmental studies. An excellent guide, the reader will find historical depth, cultural nuance, humanistic sensitivity, global relevance, critical timeliness, and conceptual clarity all in one place."Yifei Li, NYU Shanghai

Spis treści

MapChronologyPrefaceAcknowledgments and Note to the Third Edition1. The Big Picture2. Globalization and Other Drivers and Trends3. State-led Environmentalism4. Sustainable Development and National Identity5. Public Participation and Civil Society6. Environmental Justice and the Displacement of Environmental Harm7. Extractivism and the Climate Crisis8. Prospects for the FutureReferencesIndex

O autorze

Judith Shapiro is one of the world's leading authorities on Chinese environmentalism. Currently professor in the School of International Service at American University, Washington DC, she is the author of the international classic Mao's War against Nature , co-author (with Yifei Li) of China Goes Green and author of the popular student text China's Environmental Challenges, now in its third edition.