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The Performative State
- Public Scrutiny and Environmental Governance in China
Af: Iza Yue Ding
Engelsk Hardback
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The Performative State

- Public Scrutiny and Environmental Governance in China
Af: Iza Yue Ding
Engelsk Hardback
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What does the state do when public expectations exceed its governing capacity? The Performative State shows how the state can shape public perceptions and defuse crises through the theatrical deployment of language, symbols, and gestures of good governance—performative governance. Iza Ding unpacks the black box of street-level bureaucracy in China through ethnographic participation, in-depth interviews, and public opinion surveys. She demonstrates in vivid detail how China's environmental bureaucrats deal with intense public scrutiny over pollution when they lack the authority to actually improve the physical environment. They assuage public outrage by appearing responsive, benevolent, and humble. But performative governance is hard work. Environmental bureaucrats paradoxically work themselves to exhaustion even when they cannot effectively implement environmental policies. Instead of achieving "performance legitimacy" by delivering material improvements, the state can shape public opinion through the theatrical performance of goodwill and sincere effort. The Performative State also explains when performative governance fails at impressing its audience and when governance becomes less performative and more substantive. Ding focuses on Chinese evidence but her theory travels: comparisons with Vietnam and the United States show that all states, democratic and authoritarian alike, engage in performative governance.
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Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
277
ISBN-13:
9781501760372
Indbinding:
Hardback
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ISBN-10:
1501760378
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Udg. Dato:
15 sep 2022
Længde:
25mm
Bredde:
160mm
Højde:
237mm
Forlag:
Cornell University Press
Oplagsdato:
15 sep 2022
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