Description
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.
Table of Contents
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
