Civil Society and Governance in China

1. Introduction: The Relationship between Civil Society and Governance in China
Jianxing Yu, Sujian Guo

Part I. Governance and Civil Society in Theoretical Perspectives

2. Governance as Political Theory
B. Guy Peters

3. The Tension between Governance and State-Building
Jianxing Yu, Ziying He

4. Creating Civil-Society Structures Top-Down?
Thomas Heberer

5. Industry Associations’ Participation in Public Policymaking from the Perspective of State-Society Relations: A Conceptual Framework and Comparative Case Studies
Hua Jiang, Jianmin Zhang, Ying Zhou

6. Social Enterprise in China
Wolfgang Bielefeld, Lijun He

Part II. Civil Society and Governance Practice in China

7. Growing out of Participation: Finding the Developmental Path of China’s Civil Society
Jianxing Yu, Jun Zhou

8. Institutional Barriers for the Development of Civil Society in Current China
He Zengke

9. Recall Behavior and Right Remedy: The Internal Logic of Institutional Change—A Case Study of Three Social Organizations
Jialiang Xu

10. Transforming State and Citizen through Community Building: A View from Zhejiang
Kristen Parris

11. Optimal Size of Business Associations under the Principle of “One Industry, One Association”
Bin He

Keywords: Political Science and International Relations, Asian Politics, Asian Culture, Political Science, Political History