NDLI: Policy Deliberation as a Goal: The Case of Chinese ENGO Activism

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Author	Han, Heejin
Copyright Year	2014
Abstract	Since it was first introduced in the late 1990s, the concept of deliberative democracy has had policy appeal for both Chinese policymakers and scholars. The Chinese government has recently introduced various deliberative institutions in a top-down manner to address diverse governance challenges. Deliberation at the level of civil society, however, has remained largely limited under the Chinese authoritarian regime setting. This paper illustrates how Chinese civil society actors have increasingly exerted bottom-up pressure to attain a greater degree of deliberation, transparency, and accountability in policymaking, by using the case of a series of anti-dam campaigns conducted by environmental non-governmental organizations (ENGOs) over the past decade. Throughout their campaigns, ENGOs have urged both the central and local governments to adopt more participatory and transparent policymaking and examine the potential social and environmental impacts of large dams. They have done so particularly by invoking the very laws and policies that the government has recently introduced. This study suggests that future research on deliberative democracy in China should pay greater attention to non-state actors and their roles in practicing and promoting bottom-up deliberation.
Starting Page	173
Ending Page	190
Page Count	18
File Format	PDF
ISSN	10806954
Journal	Journal of Chinese Political Science
Volume Number	19
Issue Number	2
e-ISSN	18746357
Language	English
Publisher	Springer Netherlands
Publisher Date	2014-02-23
Publisher Place	Dordrecht
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	China Deliberation ENGOs Networks Anti-dam Activism Political Science
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Sociology and Political Science Political Science and International Relations

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