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Article: Assessing ecological modernization in China: Stakeholder demands and corporate environmental management practices in guangdong province
Title | Assessing ecological modernization in China: Stakeholder demands and corporate environmental management practices in guangdong province |
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Keywords | environmental politics China ecological modernization ecological rationality business community economic logic stakeholder |
Issue Date | 2013 |
Citation | China Quarterly, 2013, n. 213, p. 101-129 How to Cite? |
Abstract | This paper compares the key arguments of ecological modernization theory (EMT) with the reality of recent environmental reform in China. Based on data gathered from a survey and in-depth interviews with executives from Hong Kong-based enterprises operating in Guangdong province, we examine the changing roles of government, market, and civil society actors in the reform process, focusing on various types of pressures these actors have exerted on business enterprises. Compatible with Mol's (2006) conjectures, ecological concerns have gradually gained a foothold in existing political, economic, and to a lesser extent, social institutions. Yet, the relevant actors and their patterns of interactions differ from what EMT generalizes from Western European experiences. Specifically, local governments are assuming a more formalized relationship with firms in regulatory enforcement. Among market actors, organizational buyers along the supply chain have exerted more noticeable pressures on manufacturing firms than industrial associations and individual consumers. Civil society, while remaining less of an institutionalized actor in the environmental policy process, appears to pose a perceptible threat to at least some firms. © 2013 The China Quarterly. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/222656 |
ISSN | 2023 Impact Factor: 2.5 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.716 |
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dc.contributor.author | Yee, Wai Hang | - |
dc.contributor.author | Lo, Carlos Wing Hung | - |
dc.contributor.author | Tang, Shui Yan | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-01-19T03:36:46Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2016-01-19T03:36:46Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2013 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | China Quarterly, 2013, n. 213, p. 101-129 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 0305-7410 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/222656 | - |
dc.description.abstract | This paper compares the key arguments of ecological modernization theory (EMT) with the reality of recent environmental reform in China. Based on data gathered from a survey and in-depth interviews with executives from Hong Kong-based enterprises operating in Guangdong province, we examine the changing roles of government, market, and civil society actors in the reform process, focusing on various types of pressures these actors have exerted on business enterprises. Compatible with Mol's (2006) conjectures, ecological concerns have gradually gained a foothold in existing political, economic, and to a lesser extent, social institutions. Yet, the relevant actors and their patterns of interactions differ from what EMT generalizes from Western European experiences. Specifically, local governments are assuming a more formalized relationship with firms in regulatory enforcement. Among market actors, organizational buyers along the supply chain have exerted more noticeable pressures on manufacturing firms than industrial associations and individual consumers. Civil society, while remaining less of an institutionalized actor in the environmental policy process, appears to pose a perceptible threat to at least some firms. © 2013 The China Quarterly. | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | China Quarterly | - |
dc.subject | environmental politics | - |
dc.subject | China | - |
dc.subject | ecological modernization | - |
dc.subject | ecological rationality | - |
dc.subject | business community | - |
dc.subject | economic logic | - |
dc.subject | stakeholder | - |
dc.title | Assessing ecological modernization in China: Stakeholder demands and corporate environmental management practices in guangdong province | - |
dc.type | Article | - |
dc.description.nature | link_to_subscribed_fulltext | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1017/S0305741012001543 | - |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-84875500839 | - |
dc.identifier.hkuros | 263054 | - |
dc.identifier.hkuros | 279955 | - |
dc.identifier.issue | 213 | - |
dc.identifier.spage | 101 | - |
dc.identifier.epage | 129 | - |
dc.identifier.eissn | 1468-2648 | - |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000316641500006 | - |
dc.identifier.issnl | 0305-7410 | - |