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Collective identity, framing and mobilisation of environmental protests in urban China: a case study of Qidong’s protest / Jian, Lu; Chan, Chris King-Chi

Chan, Chris King-Chi	Journal Article
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This study presents the case study of a collective action against a proposed industrial waste-water disposal project in the city of Qidong, Jiangsu province in 2012 to explore the role of collective identity in the formation and mobilisation of environmental protests in contemporary China. It is suggested that collective identity articulated through protest is not just a static property of a certain group of people based on their history, culture and locality. Collective identity also works as a flexible framing strategy that can be pragmatically constructed or reconstructed by the discontents, as it interacts with the specific political context in the process of mobilisation.

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China ; Collective Identity ; Urban China ; Environmental Protests ; Qidong’s Protest

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ID: 146888

Environmental protests and NIMBY activism: local politics and waste management in Beijing and Guangzhou / Wong, Natalie W M

Wong, Natalie W M	Journal Article
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Protests in post-Mao China not only indicate citizens’ increasing dissatisfaction but also challenge the regime to act and take appropriate measures. This article discusses local government response to environmental activism within China’s decentralized political structure. Anti-incinerator protests in Beijing and Guangzhou are used to illustrate the emergence of public participation in municipal policymaking on waste management. The Beijing and Guangzhou governments’ different attitudes and responses to citizens’ grievances are analysed, particularly in light of a new public-consultative waste management mechanism implemented in Guangzhou, the Guangzhou Public Consultation and Supervision Committee for Urban Waste Management (广州市城市废弃物处理公众咨询监督委员会). Changes in policies on waste management and disposal are examined through documentary analysis and in-depth interviews with stakeholders involved in anti-incinerator protests. The main goal here is to demonstrate that policy change is not only determined by protest outcomes, but that it is also greatly affected by the responses of local governments and actors within a framework of advocacy coalition. This study throws new light on Chinese policymaking on environmental issues and it re-appraises studies of environmental management in China.

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Environmental Policy ; Coalition ; Beijing ; NIMBY ; Environmental Protests ; Urban Waste Management ;
Guangzhou Advocacy

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ID: 175160

NIMBYism, waste incineration, and environmental governance in China / Huang, Xiaodu; Yang, Dali L

Yang, Dali L	Journal Article
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With the world’s largest population and rapid urbanization, China is in the throes of a waste management crisis. Efforts to cope with this crisis through waste incineration have been met with growing NIMBYism as the Chinese public become more environmentally aware and are determined to protect their health and economic interests. We review the turn to incineration and the major characteristics of NIMBYism and ensuing protests against waste incinerators. We then describe the May 2014 Jiufeng incinerator protest in Hangzhou and the subsequent efforts to successfully respond to NIMBYist protests and build the proposed incineration plant on the planned site. The Hangzhou Jiufeng case offers a model for breaking the logjam between development and NIMBYism, leading to important improvements in environmental governance and regulation.

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Environmental Governance ; NIMBY ; Waste Incineration ; Environmental Protests ; YIMBY ; Hangzhou Jiufeng

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