Building Civil Society in Authoritarian China Importance of Leadership Connections for Establishing Effective Nongovernmental Organizations in a Non-Democracy /

• Main Author: Tai, John W. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Environment, Security, Development and Peace, 20
• Subjects: Environment.; Political science.; Environmental law.; Environmental policy.; Economic sociology.; Environmental Law/Policy/Ecojustice.; Organizational Studies, Economic Sociology.; Political Science.

How is modern civil society created? There are few contemporary studies on this important question and when it is addressed, scholars tend to emphasize the institutional environment that facilitates a modern civil society. However, there is a need for a new perspective on this issue. Contemporary Ch...

Table of Contents:

• Building Civil Society under the Shadows of Authoritarianism
• Chinese NGOs: Thriving Amidst Adversity
• State Linkage has its Advantages
• Media Connections: Bridging the State-Society Divide
• Capacity without Legitimacy: the Limits of International Ties
• Understanding the Present, Looking to the Future.