期刊
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & POLICY
卷 54, 期 -, 页码 152-159出版社
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2015.06.001
关键词
Authoritarian environmentalism; Environmental governance; Low-carbon governance; China
资金
- Australian Research Council [DP1094801]
- Australian Research Council [DP1094801] Funding Source: Australian Research Council
This paper challenges the prevailing perception that the environmental governance of China is a case exemplar of authoritarian environmentalism. Using low-carbon governance as an example, it shows that although China's national low-carbon policy appears highly authoritarian, the situation on the ground is much more ambiguous, displaying a mixture of authoritarian and liberal features. While China's top-down and non-participatory policy environment has been crucial in stimulating a low-carbon transition, the failure of the central government to control local actors has created a situation of de facto neoliberal environmentalism, where local governments and energy-intensive enterprises enjoy a high degree of freedom and flexibility to manage their own energy consumption in spite of the overt authoritarian rule. The findings of this research show that viewing China's environmental governance as a clear-cut instance of authoritarian environmentalism should be done with circumspection, and that studying the nature of environmental governance as a complex process requires a thorough understanding of not just national policy but also local politics and the ways the two are connected. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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