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Wu, Fengshi and Martus, Ellie (2021) Contested environmentalism : the politics of waste in China and Russia. Environmental Politics, 30 (4). pp. 493-512. doi:10.1080/09644016.2020.1816367 ISSN 0964-4016.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09644016.2020.1816367
Abstract
China and Russia provide critical insights into the nature of environmental politics under authoritarian governments. Developing a paired comparison of activism over waste management in both countries, we explore how environmental civil society interacts with the state and mobilizes social support. We find that despite greater political liberalization, NGOs in hybrid states such as Russia can still find it highly challenging to resist state pressure and introduce policy changes. In contrast, China, notwithstanding its harsher authoritarian system and the use of more repressive measures against social activism, can still be tested by a well-strategized NGO alliance. We challenge the linear logic of existing theories on environmental politics, which assume that social movements are all moving towards a defined end point (e.g. liberal democracy), and argue that environmental politics under authoritarian regimes is both dynamic and contested.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||
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| Subjects: | G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GE Environmental Sciences | ||||||
| Divisions: | Other > Institute of Advanced Study | ||||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Environmental policy -- China, Environmental policy -- Russia (Federation), Environmentalism -- Political aspects, Non-governmental organizations, Civil society -- China, Civil society -- Russia (Federation), Political participation -- China, Political participation -- Russia (Federation), Environmental protection, Environmental protection -- Political aspects | ||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Environmental Politics | ||||||
| Publisher: | Routledge | ||||||
| ISSN: | 0964-4016 | ||||||
| Official Date: | June 2021 | ||||||
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| Volume: | 30 | ||||||
| Number: | 4 | ||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 493-512 | ||||||
| DOI: | 10.1080/09644016.2020.1816367 | ||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||||
| Date of first compliant deposit: | 16 August 2022 | ||||||
| Date of first compliant Open Access: | 24 August 2022 | ||||||
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