Civil Society Networks in China and Vietnam

Informal Pathbreakers in Health and the Environment
2012. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-0-230-38020-2
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 234 Seiten, Format (B × H): 142 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 476 g

Reihe: Non-Governmental Public Action

This book brings a fresh, original approach to understand social action in China and Vietnam through the conceptual lens of informal environmental and health networks. It shows how citizens in non-democratic states actively create informal pathways for advocacy and the development of functioning civil societies.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Wells-Dang, A.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Entwicklungsstudien
• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Kommunikationswissenschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

The Dynamic Societies of China and Vietnam Redefining Civil Society: Networks and Advocacy The Bright Future Group of People with Disabilities The China Women's Network Against AIDS Preserving Hanoi's Reunification Park The China Rivers Network Conclusion: Civil Society Networks and Political Change

Über Autor(innen)

ANDREW WELLS-DANG is an independent researcher based in Hoi An, Vietnam. He has
worked in China and Vietnam since 1993. He holds a PhD in Political Science from the
University of Birmingham, UK and an MA from Johns Hopkins University's School of
International Studies, USA. He is also an advisor to multiple advocacy networks.