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Requests for environmental information disclosure in China : an understanding from legal mobilization and citizen activism

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Wang, Xinhong (2015) Requests for environmental information disclosure in China : an understanding from legal mobilization and citizen activism. Journal of Contemporary China, 25 (97). doi:10.1080/10670564.2015.1075712 ISSN 1067-0564.

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10670564.2015.1075712

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Abstract

This article analyzes the fairly recent phenomenon of citizens and organizations requesting disclosure of environmental information in China. Chinese citizens and organizations are invoking the new open government information regulations to push government agencies, particularly environmental protection agencies, to fulfill their legal obligation of information disclosure. By requesting that government agencies disclose environmental information, citizens and organizations have turned themselves into active agents pushing forward the implementation of the new regulations. The findings of this article suggest that a bottom-up legal mobilization in the field of environmental information disclosure, though still with a limited scope, has been happening and endeavoring to make social and political changes in China. Furthermore, this legal mobilization can be seen as an important part of emerging civil society activities in contemporary China.

Item Type: Journal Article
Divisions: Faculty of Social Sciences > Sociology
Journal or Publication Title: Journal of Contemporary China
Publisher: Routledge
ISSN: 1067-0564
Official Date: 26 October 2015
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26 October 2015Available
Volume: 25
Number: 97
DOI: 10.1080/10670564.2015.1075712
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Access rights to Published version: Restricted or Subscription Access

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