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The Politics of Disaster Management in China: Institutions, Interest Groups, and Social Participation

The Politics of Disaster Management in China: Institutions, Interest Groups, and Social Participation

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Environmental StudiesGeneral Political Science

ISBN10: 1137557117
ISBN13: 9781137557117
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: May 17 2016
Pages: 137
Weight: 0.69
Height: 0.55 Width: 6.07 Depth: 8.71
Language: English
In China's 4,000-year-long history and modern development, natural disaster management has been about not only human combat against devastating natural forces, but also institutional building, political struggle, and economic interest redistribution among different institutional players. A significant payoff for social scientists studying disasters is that they can reveal much of the hidden nature of political and economic processes and structures, particularly those in non-democracies, which are normally covered up with great care. This book reviews the problems and progress in the politics of China's disaster management. It analyses the factors in China's governance and political process that restrains its capacity to manage disasters. The book helps the audience better understand the dynamic relationship among various interest groups and civic forces in modern China's disaster politics, with special emphasis on the process of pluralization, decentralization and fragmentation.

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