Cover Page
Series Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
List of Tables
Preface
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1: Government strategies in environmental conflicts: A governance issue for Chinese local governments
Problem statement: environmental conflict as a governance issue in China
Problem analysis and knowledge gaps
Research relevance
Theoretical value: advancing the development of governance theories
Methodological relevance: a multi-methodapproach to case study research
Practical relevance: providing policy guidelines for the state and insights for practitioners
Structure of this book
Notes
Chapter 2: Government strategies in environmental conflicts:
A literature review
Introduction
Literature-searchstrategy and findings
Environmental conflict literature
The nature of environmental conflicts
Government strategies for environmental conflict resolution
Explanation of why particular strategies are applied in environmental conflicts
Governance, decision-making,and policy change literature
Understanding the nature of conflicts
Government strategies for conflict resolution
Explanation of why particular government strategies are applied to conflict resolution
The public participation in planning literature
The nature of conflicts in planning
Government strategies for public participation in planning
Explanation of why specific government strategies are applied during planning processes
The social conflict resolution literature in China
The nature of social conflicts in China
Government strategies for social conflict resolution in China
Explanation of why particular government strategies are applied in resolving social conflicts in China
Conclusion
Findings about the nature of environmental conflicts
Findings about government strategies in governing environmental conflicts
Findings about the explanation of why particular government strategies are applied in environmental conflicts
Conclusions and a next step β¦
Note
Chapter 3:
Toward a conceptual framework to describe and explain government strategies in governing Chinese environmental conflicts
Introduction
Policy game as a concept to conceptualize environmental conflict processes in China
The definition of environmental conflicts
Policy game as a tool to analyze environmental conflicts in China
Conclusion: understanding environmental conflicts in China from a governance network perspective
Six government strategies in Chinese environmental conflicts
The conditions that explain why particular government strategies are applied in environmental conflicts
Conditions 1 and 2: the form and scale of protest
Condition 3: the position of national mass media
Condition 4: the stage of the project
Condition 5: the position of higher-level governments
Condition 6: the involvement of activists
Condition 7: the occurrence of events
Relationships of key concepts
Propositions regarding the application of government strategies during environmental conflicts
Configurational thinking about the explanation of the application of government strategies
Conclusion: using propositions and configurational thinking as two ways to explain the application of government strategies during environmental conflicts
Toward a conceptual framework to describe and analyze government strategies in environmental conflicts in China
Note
Chapter 4: Research strategy and research method
Introduction
A multi-method research strategy
Single case study
Comparative case study
Qualitative comparative analysis
Toward a combination of three case study strategies
Chapter 5: Government strategies in governing environmental conflicts: The Panyu waste incineration power plant in Guangzhou as a single case
Introduction
The Panyu waste incineration power plant case
Background to the Panyu waste incineration power plant case
The network characteristics of the Panyu waste incineration power plant case
Process: five rounds in the Panyu waste incineration power plant case
The substantive, procedural, and institutional outcomes of the Panyu waste incineration power plant case
Strategies of local governments in Guangzhou during the Panyu waste incineration power plant case
The explanation for the application of government strategies in the Panyu case
The explanation for the application of a go-alonestrategy at the beginning
The explanation for the application of a suppression strategy
The explanation for the application of a tension reduction strategy
The explanation for the application of a collaboration and a facilitation strategy
Discussion
Conclusions
Notes
Chapter 6: Government strategies in
governing environmental conflicts: The Dalian PX plant as a single case
Introduction
The Dalian PX case
Background to the Dalian PX case
The network context of the Dalian PX case
The process of the Dalian PX case
The substantive, procedural, and institutional outcomes in the Dalian PX case
Government strategies in the Dalian PX case
The explanation for the application of government strategies in the Dalian PX case
The explanation for the application of a go-alone strategy
The explanation for the application of a suppression strategy
The explanation for the adoption of a tension reduction strategy
The explanation for the application of a giving in strategy
The explanation for the application of a tension reduction strategy
Discussion
Conclusions
Notes
Chapter 7: What makes the patterns of government strategies similar and different during environmental conflicts?
Introduction
Research method
Identification of the three patterns of government strategies during environmental conflicts
Within-pattern comparison using the method of agreement
Understanding the similarities in the two cases in pattern 1
Understanding the similarities in the three cases in pattern 2
Understanding the similarities in the five cases in pattern 3
Toward an explanation of the three patterns of government strategies during environmental conflicts
Cross-pattern comparison using the method of difference
The pair-wise comparison of the cases in pattern 1 and pattern 3
The pair-wise comparison of the cases in pattern 1 and pattern 2
The pair-wise comparison of the cases in pattern 2 and pattern 3
Toward an explanation of the differences in the three patterns of government strategies during environmental conflicts
Conclusions
Notes
Chapter 8: Under what conditions do Chinese local governments make compromises with local communities during environmental conflicts?
Introduction
Conceptual framework
The outcome to study: the occurrence/nonoccurrence of government compromises during environmental conflicts
The conditions that explain the occurrence/nonoccurrence of compromises by local governments
Calibration of outcome and conditions
Analysis
Explaining the occurrence of compromise by local governments with local communities during environmental conflicts
The explanation of the absence of compromises by local governments with local communities during environmental conflicts
Discussion and conclusion
Notes
Chapter 9: Toward a conclusion: Governing environmental conflicts in China
Introduction
Conclusions about research questions
What are the general characteristics of environmental conflicts in China?
What strategies are applied by local governments during environmental conflicts?
How can the application of government strategies during environmental conflicts be explained?
Contributions and reflections
Contributions to, and reflections on, theories
Contributions to, and reflections on, practices
Contributions to, and reflections on, methods
A research agenda for studying the governance of environmental conflicts in China
Appendix 1:
Description of the 10 cases
Case 1 The Xiamen PX case in 2007
Case 2 The Liulitun waste incineration power plant case in Beijing in 2007
Case 3 The Panyu waste incineration power plant case in Guangzhou in 2009
Case 4 The Tianjingwa waste incineration power plant case in Nanjing in 2009
Case 5 The Dalian PX case in 2011
Case 6 The Ningbo PX case in 2012
Case 7 The Wuxi waste incineration power plant case in 2012
Case 8 The Songjiang waste incineration power plant case in Shanghai in 2012
Case 9 The Kunming refinery project in 2013
Case 10 The Pengzhou PX plant in 2013
Appendix 2:
Interviewee list in China
References
Index