The Advocacy Trap: Transnational Activism and State Power in China
Stephen Noakes
Abstract
What does China’s rise mean for transnational civil society? What happens when global activist networks engage a powerful and norm-resistant new hegemon? This book combines detailed ethnographic research with cross-case comparisons to identify key factors underpinning variation in the results and processes of advocacy on a range of issues affecting both China and the world, including global warming, intellectual property rights, HIV/AIDS treatment, the use of capital punishment, suppression of the Falun Gong religious movement, and Tibetan independence. Built on an innovative blend of comparat ... More
Keywords: China, Political science, NGOs, Transnational advocacy, Activism, Legitimacy, Authoritarianism
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 2018 | Print ISBN-13: 9781526119476 |
| Published to Manchester Scholarship Online: May 2018 | DOI:10.7228/manchester/9781526119476.001.0001 |
