Environmental Policy and Governance in China
This book focuses on how to create an environmentally friendly society in China from the viewpoint of environmental law and policy. The authors accessed a great number of valuable sources not available in English, and interviewed various scholars and publ
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Environmental Policy and Governance in China
Environmental Policy and Governance in China
Hideki Kitagawa Editor
Environmental Policy and Governance in China
Editor Hideki Kitagawa Faculty of Policy Science Ryukoku University Fushimi-ku, Kyoto Japan
ISBN 978-4-431-56488-1 ISBN 978-4-431-56490-4 DOI 10.1007/978-4-431-56490-4
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Preface
Human-induced environmental pollution and destruction as a result of rapid economic growth has become an issue of serious concern affecting people’s health in China. Although some improvements have been made since the Communist Party and the Central Government established and enacted various laws and policies, the present situation remains unpredictable and daunting. In the background of this paradoxical situation, the significant tendency toward “rule by men” in various environmental concerns still firmly remains, giving the impression that China is a nation of “rule by law,” not a nation of “rule of law.”1 In the past, many obstacles against law and policy administration have been noted. These include local protectionism practiced by the local governments to protect polluter firms and corporations, regulatory issues such as lack of information disclosure, limited the amount of authority of the Ministry of Environmental Protection, penalties for activities that violate the ethical code or environmental law, and non-independence of judicial power from the administration. In my recent field investigations, I found these issues remained unchanged. At the same tim
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