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Titolo: Clean Air at What Cost?
Condizione: Nuovo
Subtítulos: The Rise of Blunt Force Regulation in China
EAN: 9781009152662
ISBN: 9781009152662
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Formato: Tascabile
Data di pubblicazione: 25/01/2024
Description: China's green transition is often perceived as a lesson in authoritarian efficiency. In just a few years, the state managed to improve air quality, contain dissent, and restructure local industry. Much of this was achieved through top-down, 'blunt force' solutions, such as forcibly shuttering or destroying polluting factories. This book argues that China's blunt force regulation is actually a sign of weak state capacity and ineffective bureaucratic control. Integrating case studies with quantitative evidence, it shows how widespread industry shutdowns are used, not to scare polluters into respecting pollution standards, but to scare bureaucrats into respecting central orders. These measures have improved air quality in almost all Chinese cities, but at immense social and economic cost. This book delves into the negotiations, trade-offs, and day-to-day battles of local pollution enforcement to explain why governments employ such costly measures, and what this reveals about a state's powers to govern society.
Lingua: inglese
Paese di origine: GB
Autore: Denise Sienli van der Kamp
Genere: Business & Finance
Soggetto: Law & Politics, Technology & Engineering
Serie: Cambridge Studies in Law and Society
Title Format: Paperback
Altezza: 229mm
Lunghezza: 152mm
Larghezza: 14mm
Peso: 375g
Anno di pubblicazione: 2024

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