Review of Li and Shapiro. 2020. China goes Green: coercive environmentalism for a troubled planet.

This review critiques Yifei Li and Judith Shapiro’s China Goes Green: Coercive Environmentalism for a Troubled Planet (2020). The authors explore what it means for the world’s longest-lasting authoritarian state to pursue “ecological civilization.” This is an important work that recasts the trade-of...

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Main Author: Kofi Gunu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Arizona Libraries 2020-11-01
Series:Journal of Political Ecology
Online Access:https://journals.uair.arizona.edu/index.php/JPE/article/view/23862
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spelling doaj-372681506c69466396b20facc2ca13882021-01-27T23:48:38ZengUniversity of Arizona LibrariesJournal of Political Ecology1073-04512020-11-0127110.2458/v27i1.2386222833Review of Li and Shapiro. 2020. China goes Green: coercive environmentalism for a troubled planet.Kofi Gunu0University of OxfordThis review critiques Yifei Li and Judith Shapiro’s China Goes Green: Coercive Environmentalism for a Troubled Planet (2020). The authors explore what it means for the world’s longest-lasting authoritarian state to pursue “ecological civilization.” This is an important work that recasts the trade-offs of tackling catastrophic climate change.https://journals.uair.arizona.edu/index.php/JPE/article/view/23862
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description This review critiques Yifei Li and Judith Shapiro’s China Goes Green: Coercive Environmentalism for a Troubled Planet (2020). The authors explore what it means for the world’s longest-lasting authoritarian state to pursue “ecological civilization.” This is an important work that recasts the trade-offs of tackling catastrophic climate change.
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