Clean air at what cost?

• Verfasst von: Van der Kamp, Denise [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: Clean air at what cost?
• Titelzusatz: the rise of blunt force regulation in China
• Verf.angabe: Denise Sienli van der Kamp
• Verlagsort: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Jahr: 2023
• Umfang: 1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 230 Seiten)
• Illustrationen: Illustrationen, Diagramme
• Gesamttitel/Reihe: Cambridge studies in law and society
• Fussnoten: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 27 Jan 2023)
• ISBN: 978-1-009-15265-5
• DOI: doi:10.1017/9781009152655
• Datenträger: Online-Ressource
• Sprache: eng
• Bibliogr. Hinweis: Erscheint auch als : Druck-Ausgabe: Van der Kamp, Denise, 1985 - : Clean air at what cost?. - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2023. - xiv, 230 Seiten
• RVK-Notation: QT 800
• RVK-Notation: MH 50915
• RVK-Notation: MH 50080
• K10plus-PPN: 1837093954
• K10plus-PPN:
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Abstract

China's green transition is often perceived as a lesson in authoritarian efficiency. In just a few years, the state managed to improve air quality, contain dissent, and restructure local industry. Much of this was achieved through top-down, 'blunt force' solutions, such as forcibly shuttering or destroying polluting factories. This book argues that China's blunt force regulation is actually a sign of weak state capacity and ineffective bureaucratic control. Integrating case studies with quantitative evidence, it shows how widespread industry shutdowns are used, not to scare polluters into respecting pollution standards, but to scare bureaucrats into respecting central orders. These measures have improved air quality in almost all Chinese cities, but at immense social and economic cost. This book delves into the negotiations, trade-offs, and day-to-day battles of local pollution enforcement to explain why governments employ such costly measures, and what this reveals about a state's powers to govern society.