Clean Air at What Cost?

Clean Air at What Cost?

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van der Kamp, Denise Sienli
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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.
EAN 9781009152662
ISBN 1009152661
Binding Paperback / softback
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Publication date January 25, 2024
Pages 254
Language English
Dimensions 229 x 152 x 14
Country United Kingdom
Authors van der Kamp, Denise Sienli
Illustrations Worked examples or Exercises
Series Cambridge Studies in Law and Society

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