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Civil Society Networks in China and Vietnam Informal Pathbreakers in Health and the Environment

Wells-Dang, Andrew
ISBN-10: 0230380204
ISBN-13: 9780230380202

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This book brings a fresh, original approach to understand social action in China and Vietnam through the conceptual lens of informal environmental and health networks. It shows how citizens in non-democratic states actively create informal pathways for advocacy and the development of functioning civil societies.
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List of Tables, Figures, and Maps
Preface
The Dynamic Societies of China and Vietnam
New agents of political action
Changing visions of civil society
A genealogy of networks
Comparing networks in China and Vietnam
Plan of the book
Redefining Civil Society: Networks and Advocacy
Network analysis
A typology of civil society networks
Varieties of network advocacy
Embedded advocacy
Media advocacy
Community advocacy
Hypotheses on network effectiveness
Tightrope acts
The Bright Future Group of People with Disabilities
Network formation and history
Network membership and structure
Advocacy strategies
International linkages
Network effectiveness: Policy change
Network effectiveness: Sustainability
Network effectiveness: Political space
Conclusion
The China Women's Network against AIDS
Network formation and history
Network membership and structure
Advocacy strategies
International linkages
Network effectiveness: Policy change
Network effectiveness: Sustainability and political
Conclusion
Preserving Hanoi's Reunification Park
Network formation and history
Network membership and structure
Advocacy strategies
International linkages
Network effectiveness: Policy change
Network effectiveness: Sustainability
Network effectiveness: Political space
Conclusion
The China Rivers Network
Network formation and history
Network membership and structure
Advocacy strategies
International linkages
Network effectiveness: Policy change
Network effectiveness: Sustainability
Network effectiveness: Political space
Conclusion
Conclusion: Civil Society Networks and Political Change
Network formation and leadership
Formal and Informal structures
Resources and donor roles
Effectiveness
Civil society networks, social movements and political change
Notes
Bibliography
Index


Edition: 2012
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Limited
Binding: Trade Cloth
Pages: 248
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.99 lbs.
Language: English

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