Conducting and financing low-carbon transitions in China : a governmentality perspective / Le-Yin Zhang.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zhang, Le-Yin, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Carbon dioxide mitigation--Government policy--China.

Carbon dioxide mitigation.

Climatic changes--Government policy--China.

Climatic changes.

Carbon dioxide mitigation--Economic aspects--China.

China.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (240 pages)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Cheltenham, England : Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, [2021]

Summary:

Utilizing a governmentality lens, this timely book offers an explanation for China's decarbonization performance in the early 21st century. Le-Yin Zhang investigates one of the most ambitious governing projects in history, analyzing the political rationalities of Chinese leaders for decarbonization and the governing techniques and technologies at multiple levels of governance.

Contents:

Front Matter

Copyright

Contents

Tables

Exchange rates

Acknowledgements

Abbreviations

1. The China phenomenon

2. Understanding China's low-carbon transitions in theory

3. Beneath China's low-carbon transitions: political rationalities

4. Beneath China's low-carbon transitions: governing techniques and technologies

5. Greening the financial system in China

6. Localizing the low-carbon transition: a tale of three Chinese cities

7. Conclusion: the rise of a carbon governmental state in China

References

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Zhang, Le-Yin Conducting and Financing Low-Carbon Transitions in China

ISBN:

9781788977395