Clean Air at What Cost? : The Rise of Blunt Force Regulation in China Paperback / softback
by Denise Sienli (University of Oxford) van der Kamp
Part of the Cambridge Studies in Law and Society series
Paperback / softback
Description
China's green transition is often perceived as a lesson in authoritarian efficiency.
In just a few years, the state managed to improve air quality, contain dissent, and restructure local industry.
Much of this was achieved through top-down, 'blunt force' solutions, such as forcibly shuttering or destroying polluting factories.
This book argues that China's blunt force regulation is actually a sign of weak state capacity and ineffective bureaucratic control.
Integrating case studies with quantitative evidence, it shows how widespread industry shutdowns are used, not to scare polluters into respecting pollution standards, but to scare bureaucrats into respecting central orders.
These measures have improved air quality in almost all Chinese cities, but at immense social and economic cost.
This book delves into the negotiations, trade-offs, and day-to-day battles of local pollution enforcement to explain why governments employ such costly measures, and what this reveals about a state's powers to govern society.
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Less than 10 available - usually despatched within 24 hours
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:254 pages, Worked examples or Exercises
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:25/01/2024
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- ISBN:9781009152662
Information
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Less than 10 available - usually despatched within 24 hours
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:254 pages, Worked examples or Exercises
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:25/01/2024
- Category:
- ISBN:9781009152662
