From support to pressure: The dynamics of social and governmental influences on environmental law enforcement in Guangzhou City, China

Regulation and Governance

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 321-347

  Van Rooij, Benjamin ^a   Fryxell, Gerald E ^b   Lo, Carlos Wing Hung ^c   Wang, Wei ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b CHINA EUROPE INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SCHOOL   (China)

^c HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^d JINAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Authoritarianism; China; Regulatory enforcement; Regulatory governance; Societal support

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881638169     PISSN: 17485983     EISSN: 17485991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/rego.12001     Document Type: Article

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