Neither Centre nor Local: Community-Driven Experimentalist Governance in China

China Quarterly

Volumn 231, Issue , 2017, Pages 607-633

  Shin, Kyoung ^a  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

centre local relations; community driven experimentalist governance; energy; environment; local governance

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; STATE-LOCAL RELATIONS;

CHINA;

EID: 85027186338     PISSN: 03057410     EISSN: 14682648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0305741017000923     Document Type: Article

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