Reinvigorating the EU-China Strategic Partnership / 11. Civil Society Contributions to Policy Innovation in the PRC / Andreas Fulda and Horst Fabian. Part 1. Environmental NGOs: Between a Rock and a Hard Place?: 2. Environment and Health in China: The Role of Environmental NGOs in Policy Innovation / Kathinka Fürst and Jennifer Holdaway; 3. Environmental Information Disclosure and Civil Society Innovation / Thomas Johnson; 4. Public Participation in Low-carbon Policies: Climate Change and Sustainable Lifestyle Movements / Patrick Schröder -- Part 2. Social Development NGOs: From Service Delivery to Policy Advocacy?: 5. Growing or Perishing? The Development of Labour NGOs / Chun-yi Lee; 6. Disability Groups Turn to the Social Enterprise Model: A New Trajectory? / Andreas Fulda, Andrea Lane and Francesco Valente; 7. 'Enabling the Disabled': The Growing Role of Civil Society in Disability Rights Advocacy / Stephen Hallett; 8. How Policy Entrepreneurs Convinced China's Government to Start Procuring Public Services from CSOs / Yang Tuan, Huang Haoming and Andreas Fulda -- Part 3. International Cooperation: A Role for Citizen Diplomacy and Civil Society Partnerships in EU-China Relations?: 9. Opportunities and Challenges for EU-China Civil Society Collaboration / Nora Sausmikat; 10. Bridging the Gaps between European and Chinese Civil Societies / Mark Pixley and Karen Lim; 11. Reinvigorating the EU-China Strategic Partnership / Andreas Fulda and Horst Fabian.
Summary:
"Does civil society contribute to policy innovation and if so, how? As the focus of civil society research is often more on the constraints on civil society by the state and less on the agency and effects of civil society organisations this text offers a fresh and fruitful perspective. New knowledge on communication patterns within civil society and between civil society organizations is provided, taking existing scholarship forward. It contributes to recent scholarship by reflecting on the policy making process and the possibility of policy innovations as an outcome of new forms of state-society collaboration. This book is essential reading for those interested in political science and China studies, academics, students, practitioners related to bi- and multilateral development institutions and the third sector, policy makers and journalists. It is highly recommended for anyone teaching on civil society, NGOs and/or governance in China. "-- Provided by publisher.
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