| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 194 pages) |
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Alternative sinology |
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Alternative sinology.
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| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Series Information; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Series editors; foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction: The superpower's dilemma: to appease, repress, or transform transnational advocacy networks?; Approach of the book; Bridging (sub- )fields; Transnational activist networks and state preferences; Advocacy drift; State-led transnational civil society?; Plan of the book; 1 Mechanisms of persuasion: when and how are advocacy campaigns effective?; Thinking about TAN effectiveness: three hypotheses; The realist/state-centred hypothesis |
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The liberal/society-oriented hypothesis; The social constructivist/identification hypothesis; Variable clusters in TAN effectiveness; Realist/state-centred factors; Liberal/society-based factors; Ideational/cultural factors; Conclusion; Notes; 2 The power of state preferences: the "natural cases" of the campaigns for Falun Gong and IPR protection; Justice for Falun Gong; (Inter)governmental support; The domestic situation; The Falun Gong campaign today; Framing Falun Gong; Conclusion; Strengthening China's anti-piracy regime; China and the international IPR regime |
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China's IPR system: a work in progress; Organized individualism: the transnational network for IPRs; Selling IPRs in China; Conclusion; State power and the "natural cases" of Falun Gong and IPR protection; Notes; 3 Reading the "lay of the land": intercessory advocacy and causal process in the HIV/AIDS ... ; Treatment of persons with HIV/AIDS; International intervention; The evolution of China's response to HIV/AIDS; Mobilizing the knowledge network; Speaking the language of science; Conclusion; The abolition of capital punishment; The international prohibition regime |
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China's evolving death penalty institutions; The abolitionist force; The culture of executions in China; Verdict on the role of the TAN; Conclusion; Notes; 4 State-directed advocacy: the "drift" phenomenon in the "free Tibet" and global warming campaigns; Tibetan independence; International involvement; The Chinese position; Promoting the Tibetan cause; Framing Tibet: the new global imperialism; Conclusion: reorienting the independence struggle; Climate change; China's place in the global climate regime; The development of China's climate change programme |
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The transnational climate change network in China; Issue linkage and public opinion; Conclusion: state-led climate action and advocacy of emissions trading; Conclusion; Notes; 5 Strategic considerations, tough choices: how state preferences influence campaign forms; Crafting advocacy in China: some tips for success; Using international institutions; Target state institutions; Network attributes; Issue features; Understanding interests: the role of domestic legitimacy; Managing uncertainties; The collision of interests and the spectrum of TAN campaigns; Conclusion |
| Summary |
This book asks what happens to transnational civil society actors as a result of their engagement with China, recognizing its status and influence as a rising world power as both real and meaningful. Taking an interactive and processed-based approach, it aims to explain the multiple, divergent pathways or functional forms of advocacy campaigns in China |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 170-191) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Civil society -- China
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Political participation -- China
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Transnationalism.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- International Relations -- General.
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Civil society
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Diplomatic relations
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Political participation
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Social conditions
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Transnationalism
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| SUBJECT |
China -- Social conditions -- 2000- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2003000103
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China -- Foreign relations -- 21st century.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2007002707
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| Subject |
China
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781526119483 |
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152611948X |
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9781526132413 |
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1526132419 |
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