The New, Green, Urbanization in China: Between Authoritarian Environmentalism and Decentralization
The New, Green, Urbanization in China: Between Authoritarian Environmentalism and Decentralization
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DOI：
10.1007/s41111-018-0095-1
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发表时间：
2018-06-01
影响因子：
2.8
通讯作者：
Lees, Charles
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作者：
Chen, Geoffrey C.;Lees, Charles
正统的西方环境实践及其相关论述认为，参与程度与有效的环境治理之间存在着积极的因果关系，并认为参与性做法是建设一个更可持续社会的规范性可取要素。然而，最近围绕权威环境主义理论的讨论挑战了正统环境主义的一些基本假设。然而，这些讨论仍然缺乏对现实世界政策制定和实施的充分讨论，本文通过探索中国的绿色城市化政策来解决这一差距，中国政策精英认为这是一个首要任务。我们认为，与绿色城市化相关的治理战略的转变是一种独特的威权环境主义范式出现的证据，其特征是国家权力的重新集中和地方自主权的减少，在中国的环境政策制定。
Orthodox Western environmental practice and its associated discourse posits a positive causal link between levels of participation and effective environmental governance and regards participatory practices as a normatively desirable element in the building of a more sustainable society. However, recent discussions around theories of authoritarian environmentalism have challenged some basic assumptions of orthodox environmentalism. However, these discussions still lack sufficient discussion of real-world policy making and implementation and this article addresses that gap by exploring China's policy of green urbanization, deemed a top priority by Chinese policy elites. We argue that the shifting strategies of governance associated with green urbanization are evidence of the emergence of a distinct paradigm of authoritarian environmentalism, characterized by a re-centralization of state power and a reduction of local autonomy, in environmental policy making in China.