Governing Environmental Conflicts in China

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 …
	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