Civil Society and Governance in China [Hardcover]

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.The Relationship between Civil Society and Governance in China; J.Yu  & S.Guo  PART I: GOVERNANCE AND CIVIL SOCIETY IN THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES  Governance as Political Theory; B.G.Peters The Tension between Governance and State-building; J.Yu  & Z.He   Creating Civil-society Structures Top-down?; T.Heberer Industry Associations' Participation in Public Policymaking from the Perspective of State-Society Relations: A Conceptual Framework and Comparative Case Studies; H.Jiang , J.Zhang   Y.Zhou Social Enterprise in China; W.Bielefeld  & L.He   PART II: CIVIL SOCIETY AND GOVERNANCE PRACTICE IN CHINA Growing out of Participation: Finding the Developmental Path of China's Civil Society; J.Yu  & J.Zhou Institutional Barriers for the Development of Civil Society in Current China; H.Zengke   Recall Behavior and Right Remedy: The Internal Logic of Institutional Change  - A Case Study of Three Social Organizations; J.Xu Transforming State and Citizen through Community Building: The View from Zhejiang; K.Parris Optimal Size of Business Associations under the Principle of 'One Industry, One Association'; B.He

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 importantlÖ