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ID085406
Title ProperConstruction of China's climate politics
Other Title Informationtransnational NGOs and the spiral model of international relations
LanguageENG
AuthorSchroeder, Miriam
Publication2008.
Summary / Abstract (Note)This article investigates how transnational NGO cooperation can influence the official Chinese stance on climate change politics. Drawing on the constructivist approach to international relations, the so-called 'spiral model', developed by Risse et al (1999) for the human rights field, is applied to environmental politics for the first time. The model is tested by process tracing the historical development of the Chinese position on climate change and by analysing the roles and impacts of different actors in different phases of norm internalization. The model is complemented by an in-depth analysis of present transnational NGO campaigns in China. Although results show that international and Chinese NGOs have an influence on Chinese climate politics, the model's assumption about the causes for a norm internalization could only partly be confirmed: instead of the pressurizing strategies of the transnational advocacy network, instruments of sharing information seem to be more effective in changing Chinese climate politics.
`In' analytical NoteCambridge Review of International Affairs Vol. 21, No. 4; Dec 2008: p505 - 525
Journal SourceCambridge Review of International Affairs Vol. 21, No. 4; Dec 2008: p505 - 525
Key WordsChina ;  Climate Politics ;  International Relations ;  Spiral Model ;  Climate Change ;  Human Rights ;  Chinese NGOs


 
 
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