Item Details
Skip Navigation Links
   ActiveUsers:1611Hits:20896620Skip Navigation Links
Show My Basket
Contact Us
IDSA Web Site
Ask Us
Today's News
HelpExpand Help
Advanced search

In Basket
  Journal Article   Journal Article
 

ID079959
Title ProperMedia, civil society, and the rise of a green public sphere in China
LanguageENG
AuthorYang, Guobin ;  Calhoun, Craig
Publication2007.
Summary / Abstract (Note)Direct citizen voices are relatively absent from China's public arena and seldom influence government policymaking. In early 2004, however, public controversies surrounding dam building on the Nu River prompted the Chinese government to halt the proposed hydropower project. The occurrence of such public debates indicates the rise of a green public sphere of critical environmental discourse. Environmental nongovernmental organizations play a central role in producing this critical discourse. Mass media, the internet, and "alternative media" are the main channels of communication. The emergence of a green public sphere demonstrates the new dynamism of grass-roots political change
`In' analytical NoteChina Information Vol. 21, No.2; Jul 2007: p211-336
Journal SourceChina Information Vol. 21, No.2; Jul 2007: p211-336
Key WordsEnvironment ;  Green Public Sphere ;  Civil Society ;  Media ;  Internet