Abstract
AbstractThis article focuses on environmental controversy in a Chinese rural community. It shows that Chinese villagers may protest against anticipated pollution if the environmental threat is effectively framed. In the face of real and serious pollution, villagers may seek to redress environmental grievances by piggybacking on politically favourable issues. However, when the pollution is caused by fellow villagers, environmentally concerned villagers may remain silent owing to the constraints of community relations and economic dependency. These findings suggest that the relationship between pollution and protest is context-dependent.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Subject
Political Science and International Relations,Development,Geography, Planning and Development
Reference45 articles.
1. Watts Jonathan . 2005. “A bloody revolt in a tiny village challenges the rulers of China,” 15 April, http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2005/apr/15/china.jonathanwatts?INTCMP=SRCH. Accessed 25 November 2012.
2. Variability in the Framing of Risk Issues
3. The Rise and (Relative) Decline of Global Warming as a Social Problem
4. “Not in My Back Yard”
5. Rightful Resistance in Rural China
Cited by
100 articles.
订阅此论文施引文献
订阅此论文施引文献，注册后可以免费订阅5篇论文的施引文献，订阅后可以查看论文全部施引文献