The struggle for sustainability in rural China : environmental values and civil society /

Tilt, Bryan, 1974-

The struggle for sustainability in rural China : environmental values and civil society / Bryan Tilt. - New York : Columbia University Press, c2010. - xvi, 192 p. : ill., maps. forms. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references, (p.175-184) and index.

Environmental values, civil society, and sustainability in post-reform China -- The development imperative -- Saying farewell to communal capital -- The environmental costs of progress -- Pollution, perceptions, and environmental values -- Civil society and the politics of pollution enforcement -- Struggling for sustainability -- Conclusion : on contradictions.

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Economic development--Environmental aspects--China.
Environmental policy--China.
Sustainable development--China.

HC 430 / T581s 2010

338.951/07