Multifaceted State and Fragmented Society: Dynamics of Environmental Movement in China

Sun, Yanfei; Zhao, Dingxin

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“…To some extent this contributes to what may be referred to as dispositional legitimacy in the form of a belief in organisations that are perceived to operate in our best interests. But overall, NGOs play a comparatively small role in the Chinese organic scheme, a finding that resonates with previous studies (Oberheitman 2009;Sun and Zhao 2007;Geall and Hilton 2014).…”

Section: Dispositional and Regulatory Legitimacysupporting

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Institutionalising the organic labelling scheme in China: a legitimacy perspective

Dendler

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2016

Journal of Cleaner Production

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Transitioning towards organic consumption and production has been widely promoted as a more sustainable alternative for urban and rural food systems. Our paper shows how a focus on legitimacy can shed light on current barriers to deeper institutionalisation of the organic labelling scheme in China. Based upon documentary analysis, personal observations and over 70 qualitative interviews we identify consequential concerns amongst China's small scale farmers, limited support by the Chinese central government, and procedural problems as the main barriers. We discuss strategies to overcome these barriers, for example tighter certification procedures or more participatory arrangements. Our work contributes to the legitimacy, product labelling and food safety literatures as well as bourgeoning discussions on how to facilitate more sustainable consumption and production in China. AbstractTransitioning towards organic consumption and production has been widely promoted as a more sustainable alternative for urban and rural food systems. Our paper shows how a focus on legitimacy can shed light on current barriers to deeper institutionalisation of the organic labelling scheme in China. Based upon documentary analysis, personal observations and over 70 qualitative interviews we identify consequential concerns amongst China s small scale farmers, limited support by the Chinese central government, and procedural problems as the main barriers. We discuss strategies to overcome these barriers, for example tighter certification procedures or more participatory arrangements. Our work contributes to the legitimacy, product labelling and food safety literatures as well as bourgeoning discussions on how to facilitate more sustainable consumption and production in China.

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Section: Dispositional and Regulatory Legitimacysupporting

confidence: 89%

Institutionalising the organic labelling scheme in China: a legitimacy perspective

Dendler

Dewick

2016

Journal of Cleaner Production

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“…Studies on property owner protests show that key factors in rights-defending activism include the following: leadership from prominent rights activists, establishment of homeowners' committees, effective mobilization, well-chosen strategies, homeowners' rich social network resources, local government support, highlighting the legality of rights and interests, and the relatively weak power of real estate developers (Zhang 2005). Analysis of environmental protests shows that neither state nor society is monolithic; instead, the results of protest actions are determined by the configuration of contender alliances among different government departments, different levels of governments, mass media, and civil societies and their interactions with opposing alliances (Sun and Zhao 2007). Yu (2012) points out that the relationship between protesters and authorities is key to the success of protests; meanwhile, she stresses the importance of media reports and political opportunities.…”

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Multi-channelled forceful intervention, frames and protest success—a fuzzy-set qualitative comparative study of 40 anti-demolition protests in China

2016

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Having incorporated the characteristics of Chinese politics, this article puts forward an exploratory analytic framework for understanding protest success and points out how political opportunities and protest frames can explain protest success. Political opportunities not only include direct intervention by the central government but also support from state-sponsored media and favourable policies and laws. This article uses the method of fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA) to compare 40 socially influential cases of anti-demolition protests in China. The results show that the co-presence of central government intervention and supportive reports from central state-sponsored media-which this study calls "multi-channelled forceful intervention"-is a sufficient condition for protest success. Further, "multichannelled forceful intervention" depends on a favourable institutional environment and protestors' strategic use of multiple frames. This article not only enriches the studies on protest results but also expands on the theory of political opportunity structures and the study of protest frames.

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“…In fact, past research shows that Chinese citizens’ grievances predominately target their local government (Li, 2004). While ‘crisis of governance’ abound in China, ranging from environmental disasters to government debts (Pei, 2002), it is the local governments that are forced to face these problems directly (Sun and Zhao, 2007; Wong, 2009). This paper therefore focuses on China's township governments, and examines the level of trust they enjoy and whether recent innovations in their processes and institutions have improved that trust.…”

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Governance Innovations and Citizens’ Trust in Local Government: Electoral Impacts in China's Townships

Wang²

2014

Japanese Journal of Political Science

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We surveyed 2,221 rural residents in twenty towns across ten provinces in China. Structural equation models (SEM) found the quality of government, impartiality of institutions, and authoritarian values among citizens are the three main sources of citizens’ trust in local government. Among various types of recent institutional innovation and government reform, only a type that involves citizens in a formal electoral process, called ‘open nomination and direct election (ONDE)’, significantly improved trust in township-level government. Our models reveal that the movement of power to select local leaders from the hands of upper-level government to local residents erodes the influence of the so-called ‘traditional authority orientation’ among citizens, and enables them to assess trust level according to the competence of the government. Furthermore, elections reduce the trust-generating effect of institutional impartiality as citizens are enfranchised in the ‘input’ process of government, therefore emphasizing ‘outputs’ less.

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Multifaceted State and Fragmented Society: Dynamics of Environmental Movement in China

Cited by 14 publications

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Institutionalising the organic labelling scheme in China: a legitimacy perspective

Institutionalising the organic labelling scheme in China: a legitimacy perspective

Multi-channelled forceful intervention, frames and protest success—a fuzzy-set qualitative comparative study of 40 anti-demolition protests in China

Governance Innovations and Citizens’ Trust in Local Government: Electoral Impacts in China's Townships

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