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005			20240726105320.0
008			130514s2013 enka ob 001 0 eng d
040			_aNT _beng _erda _cNT
020			_a9781139627351 _q((electronic)l(electronic)ctronic)l((electronic)l(electronic)ctronic)ctronic bk.
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050	0	4	_aJQ1516 _b.S635 2013
049			_aNTA
100	1		_aHildebrandt, Timothy, _d1978- _e1
245	1	0	_aSocial organizations and the authoritarian state in ChinaTimothy Hildebrandt.
260			_aCambridge ; _aNew York : _bCambridge University Press, _c(c)2013.
300			_a1 online resource (xv, 217 pages) : _billustrations.
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337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
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505	0	0	_aSelf-limiting organizations and codependent state-society relations : environmental, HIV/AIDS, and gay and lesbian NGOs in China -- _tPolitical opportunities, by accident and design -- _tCentral policies, local priorities: regional variation of the political opportunity structure -- _tProximate solutions to insoluble problems: adapting to the political opportunity structure -- _tMore money, more problems: struggling with economic opportunities -- _tForever the twain shall meet: economic and political opportunities converge -- _tStrong individual relationships, weak institutional ties: the double-edged pursuit of personal opportunities -- _tSocial organizations and the future of Chinese civil society.
520	0		_a"Offers a groundbreaking comparative analysis of the emergence of NGOs across China in three different issue areas: environmental protection, HIV/AIDS prevention, and gay and lesbian rights"-- _cProvided by publisher.
520	0		_a"For all of the attention that has been paid to social organizations - and the research conducted on them - our understanding has still been significantly limited by the persistent assumptions surrounding the effect of NGO emergence, the internal orientation of the organizations, and the relations they have with states. In the West, we have been conditioned to see the rise of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in fairly stark, axiomatic terms. The presence of NGOs is thought to be an important indicator of civil society development. And with a robust civil society, political change is thought to soon follow. Part of the logic at work is that NGOs and civil society are frequently seen to hold governments accountable. In authoritarian contexts, where the government is not accountable to its citizenry (at least in an electoral sense), we presume these accountability-seeking organizations to be oppositional to the state. Any reasonable observer would then assume, given their druthers, an authoritarian government would not allow such oppositional groups to exist at all. Perhaps then it makes sense to first assume that NGOs would not exist in a place like China at all. And to the extent that they do appear in the country, we might best assume these organizations to not be authentic 'real' NGOs. This would, of course, be one way of explaining why the political change that many expect to come from the emergence of NGOs has not occurred in China. But it would not be a satisfying explanation"-- _cProvided by publisher.
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650		0	_aNon-governmental organizations _zChina.
650		0	_aCivil society _zChina.
655		1	_aElectronic Books.
856	4	0	_uhttps://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=508333&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 _zClick to access digital title | log in using your CIU ID number and my.ciu.edu password
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902			_a1 _bCynthia Snell _c1 _dCynthia Snell