Linking Theory with Practice?
Cadre Training and Environmental Governance in China
Julia Christine Marinaccio
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Julia Christine Marinaccio, Linking Theory with Practice? (2021), oekom verlag, München, ISBN: 9783962388768
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Beschreibung / Abstract
In the early 2000s, the Chinese leadership officially acknowledged that the former development model, based on irrational economic growth, had brought prosperity for a few, while leaving behind a significant proportion of China†™s population. But the country†™s rapid development had also taken a huge toll on natural resources and the environment. Since then, China†™s leaders have pushed extensive reforms to move the country onto a sustainable path of development. While most studies have looked into the diverse hierarchical instruments of regulation, supervision, and punishment, few have recognized cadre training as a critical instrument to steer local political action and expedite a change of values at the party-state level. This book unpicks the complex and multi-layered structures of China†™s cadre training system, offering a new perspective on its function within the nation†™s political system. Taking forest management as its case study, the book reveals how the Chinese regime links ideology and practice in knowledge transmission and how training is devised to put technical professional skills into the service of political goals and visions. Based on a comprehensive set of qualitative data collected through fieldwork and textual research, the book also reveals the drawbacks of this training system, showing why it fails to foster the administrative capacities of local forestry authorities in responding to the current challenges facing natural resource management.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
- Front Cover
- Table of Contents
- Tables and Figures
- Acknowledgements
- Chapter One: Introduction
- 1.1 Changing values of development
- 1.2 Towards a new theory of environmental governance
- 1.3 Structure of the book
- List of Cited Works
- Chapter Two: Avoiding the Symbolic-Operational Paradox
- 2.1 Ideology and legitimacy in China
- 2.2 Operationalizers and implementers in central-local relations
- 2.3 Administrative capacity
- 2.4 Constructing knowledge and steering action
- List of Cited Works
- Chapter Three: Characteristics and Origin of China†™s Training Structure
- 3.1 China†™s multi-layered training structure
- 3.2 Historical evolution and trends in cadre training politics
- 3.3 Conclusion
- List of Cited Works
- Chapter 4: Training in China†™s State Forestry Administration
- 4.1 The structures of training governance
- 4.2 Spatiality and objectives of training
- 4.3 Conclusion
- List of Cited Works
- Chapter 5: Governing Through Training
- 5.1 Governing papers
- 5.2 Training as a steering instrument
- 5.3 Conclusion
- List of Cited Works
- Chapter 6: Grassroots Cadres as Trainers
- 6.1 State and rural society relations in China
- 6.2 China†™s technical extension service
- 6.3 Challenges and shortcomings
- 6.4 Conclusion
- List of Cited Works
- Chapter 7: Conclusion
- 7.1 Avoiding symbolic-operational paradox
- 7.2 Training from a historical perspective
- 7.3 Directing thinking and action for sustainable forest management
- 7.4 The pitfalls of human capital development
- List of Cited Works
- References
- Scholarly literature and expert publications
- Official sources and government publications
- Newspaper articles and online sources
- List of Interviews
- Back Cover