Add to ORKGThis thesis explores state-society relations in China by focusing on the interactions between grassroots NGOs and local government departments. It presents the notion of positive-sum reciprocal engagement as one form of relationship that can emerge between the state and social organizations. Such engagement can be characterized as a dynamic and interactive process implying proximity, communication, joint action, mutual influence, mutual benefit and mutual empowerment, resulting in added value for society. Drawing on fieldwork carried out in six rural or semi-rural Chinese localities, including interviews and questionnaires with local government departments and indigenous grassroots NGOs, this study seeks to identify the conditions under whi...
Why are there so many assumptions about NGOs and so few attempts to describe the projects and proced...
In 1978 China initiated its policy of ‘reform and opening’, and began the transition from a planned ...
This article suggests that the lack of meaningful collaboration between the state and NGOs in China ...
This thesis explores state-society relations in China by focusing on the interactions between grassr...
Contemporary authoritarian regimes do not rule by coercive force alone. To compensate for their demo...
Previous studies have described the low level of collaboration between the government and the grassr...
The rise of government procurement has transformed the associational landscape in China. In many loc...
The rapid development of the market economy has confronted China with a diversity of social changes ...
The civil society perspective and the corporatist perspective have thus far dominated studies on sta...
What kinds of social organisations (SOs) are more likely to succeed in promoting policy change? How ...
This thesis examines one angle of state-society relations in authoritarian states through the lens o...
China’s state-society relationship has been the focus of attention of the international community in...
Despite the rapid development of NGOs in China in the last two decades and the growing interest in t...
This thesis investigates a new variant of the relationship between society and the states: Governmen...
The goal of this thesis is to improve understanding of the status of foreign non-governmental organi...
Why are there so many assumptions about NGOs and so few attempts to describe the projects and proced...
In 1978 China initiated its policy of ‘reform and opening’, and began the transition from a planned ...
This article suggests that the lack of meaningful collaboration between the state and NGOs in China ...
This thesis explores state-society relations in China by focusing on the interactions between grassr...
Contemporary authoritarian regimes do not rule by coercive force alone. To compensate for their demo...
Previous studies have described the low level of collaboration between the government and the grassr...
The rise of government procurement has transformed the associational landscape in China. In many loc...
The rapid development of the market economy has confronted China with a diversity of social changes ...
The civil society perspective and the corporatist perspective have thus far dominated studies on sta...
What kinds of social organisations (SOs) are more likely to succeed in promoting policy change? How ...
This thesis examines one angle of state-society relations in authoritarian states through the lens o...
China’s state-society relationship has been the focus of attention of the international community in...
Despite the rapid development of NGOs in China in the last two decades and the growing interest in t...
This thesis investigates a new variant of the relationship between society and the states: Governmen...
The goal of this thesis is to improve understanding of the status of foreign non-governmental organi...
Why are there so many assumptions about NGOs and so few attempts to describe the projects and proced...
In 1978 China initiated its policy of ‘reform and opening’, and began the transition from a planned ...
This article suggests that the lack of meaningful collaboration between the state and NGOs in China ...