LEADER 04356nam 2200697 a 450 001 9910456701003321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8014-7668-2 010 $a0-8014-6170-7 024 7 $a10.7591/9780801461705 035 $a(CKB)2550000000035325 035 $a(OCoLC)732957100 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10468020 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000534995 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11344886 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000534995 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10522007 035 $a(PQKB)10734849 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3138141 035 $a(DE-B1597)481720 035 $a(OCoLC)984686887 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780801461705 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3138141 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10468020 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL681719 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000035325 100 $a20070907d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aChina's water warriors$b[electronic resource] $ecitizen action and policy change /$fAndrew C. Mertha 210 $aIthaca $cCornell University Press$d2008 215 $a1 online resource (198 p.) 300 $a"First printing Cornell paperback 2010." 311 $a1-322-50437-7 311 $a0-8014-4636-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aChina's hydraulic society? -- Actors, interests, and issues at stake -- From policy conflict to political showdown : the failure at Pubugou -- From economic development to cultural heritage : expanding the sphere at Dujiangyan -- The Nu River project and the middle ground of political pluralization -- A kinder, gentler "fragmented authoritarianism"?. 330 $aToday opponents of large-scale dam projects in China, rather than being greeted with indifference or repression, are part of the hydropower policymaking process itself. What accounts for this dramatic change in this critical policy area surrounding China's insatiable quest for energy? In China's Water Warriors, Andrew C. Mertha argues that as China has become increasingly market driven, decentralized, and politically heterogeneous, the control and management of water has transformed from an unquestioned economic imperative to a lightning rod of bureaucratic infighting, societal opposition, and open protest. Although bargaining has always been present in Chinese politics, more recently the media, nongovernmental organizations, and other activists-actors hitherto denied a seat at the table-have emerged as serious players in the policy-making process. Drawing from extensive field research in some of the most remote parts of Southwest China, China's Water Warriors contains rich narratives of the widespread opposition to dams in Pubugou and Dujiangyan in Sichuan province and the Nu River Project in Yunnan province. Mertha concludes that the impact and occasional success of such grassroots movements and policy activism signal a marked change in China's domestic politics. He questions democratization as the only, or even the most illuminating, indicator of political liberalization in China, instead offering an informed and hopeful picture of a growing pluralization of the Chinese policy process as exemplified by hydropower politics. For the 2010 paperback edition, Mertha tests his conclusions against events in China since 2008, including the Olympics, the devastating 2008 Wenchuan earthquake, and the Uighar and Tibetan protests of 2008 and 2009. 606 $aWater resources development$xPolitical aspects$zChina 606 $aEnvironmentalism$xPolitical aspects$zChina 606 $aEconomic development$xEnvironmental aspects$zChina 606 $aEnvironmental policy$zChina 607 $aChina$xPolitics and government$y1976-2002 607 $aChina$xPolitics and government$y2002- 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aWater resources development$xPolitical aspects 615 0$aEnvironmentalism$xPolitical aspects 615 0$aEconomic development$xEnvironmental aspects 615 0$aEnvironmental policy 676 $a333.9100951 700 $aMertha$b Andrew$f1965-$0627665 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910456701003321 996 $aChina's water warriors$92452403 997 $aUNINA