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Civil Society and Governance in China

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  • © 2012

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Editors:
  1. Jianxing Yu

    1. Political Science and Public Administration, China
      College of Public Administration, China
      Institute for Civil Society Development (ICSD), China
      Center for Public Policy Studies, Zhejiang University, China

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  2. Sujian Guo

    1. Fudan University, China
      Fudan Institute for Advanced Study in Social Sciences, Fudan University, China

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Introduction: The Relationship between Civil Society and Governance in China

    1. Introduction: The Relationship between Civil Society and Governance in China

      • Jianxing Yu, Sujian Guo
      Pages 1-14

  3. Governance and Civil Society in Theoretical Perspectives

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 15-15
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    2. Governance as Political Theory

      • B. Guy Peters
      Pages 17-37

    3. The Tension between Governance and State-Building

      • Jianxing Yu, Ziying He
      Pages 39-61

    4. Creating Civil-Society Structures Top-Down?

      • Thomas Heberer
      Pages 63-84

    5. Industry Associations’ Participation in Public Policymaking from the Perspective of State-Society Relations: A Conceptual Framework and Comparative Case Studies

      • Hua Jiang, Jianmin Zhang, Ying Zhou
      Pages 85-109

    6. Social Enterprise in China

      • Wolfgang Bielefeld, Lijun He
      Pages 111-129

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 233-240
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About this book

Written by scholars from both inside and outside China, this wide-ranging collection of essays explores the complexity of the relationship between governance and civil society by combining theoretical exploration and empirical case studies based on the governance practice in China.

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"State-society relations have changed in important ways in recent years, and various sorts of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) are emerging. Do these NGOs mean that 'civil society' is developing? What does 'civil society' mean in the context of China? Are these new NGOs improving governance in China? What do they mean for the future development of state-society relations? Jianxing Yu, Sujian Guo, and their contributors explore these questions in this timely and important book."

Joseph Fewsmith, professor, International Relations and Political Science and director, Boston University Center for the Study of Asia "Scholars have long hotly debated how theoretical and conceptual understandings of civil society can apply to China. This book does not seek to come up with one single Western or Chinese answer to the problem, but rather attempts to understand how the interaction of state and society solves important problems of public policy and public goods provision in China. By looking at the intersection of governance and social participation, the authors provide valuable insights into state-society relations in a changing institutional environment."

Gunter Schubert, professor and chair, Greater China Studies, University of Tübingen

Editors and Affiliations

  • Political Science and Public Administration, China

    Jianxing Yu

  • College of Public Administration, China

    Jianxing Yu

  • Institute for Civil Society Development (ICSD), China

    Jianxing Yu

  • Center for Public Policy Studies, Zhejiang University, China

    Jianxing Yu

  • Fudan University, China

    Sujian Guo

  • Fudan Institute for Advanced Study in Social Sciences, Fudan University, China

    Sujian Guo

About the editors

JIANXING YU is Associate Dean and a Professor of the College of Public Administration and executive director of the Center for Public Policy at Zhejiang University, China.
SUJIAN GUO is Professor of Political Science and director of the Center for US-China Policy Studies at San Francisco State University, USA, and currently associate dean and distinguished professor of the Fudan Institute for Advanced Study in Social Sciences at Fudan University.

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