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This exploration of the interactive relationship between Chinese NGOs and the Chinese state provides fresh insights into how the Chinese government operates and why it needs non-governmental organizations to survive.

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With its multifaceted approach, this book is a must read for researchers and students of state–society relations in China and beyond.

-- Anja Ketels * International Society for Third Sector Research *
[Hsu] carries out rigorous academic analysis to explore in case studies in both Beijing and Shanghai how the central government, the municipal government, street neighborhood entities, and residents’ committees interact to address issues involving migrant workers … This well-done study contributes to understanding Chinese politics and, more generally, how local governmental units operate with some independence under authoritarian central governments. -- J. A. Rhodes, Luther College * CHOICE *

Table of Contents

Introduction

1 Moving Towards a Spatial Framework

2 Understanding Non-Governmental Organizations in China

3 Symbolic Cooperation

4 Asymmetric Cooperation

5 Strategic Cooperation

6 Foray in Spaces New and Old

Conclusion

Appendices; Notes; References; Index

State of Exchange Migrant NGOs and the Chinese

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      Publisher University of British Columbia Press
      Published 15 January 2017
      ISBN-13 9780774833646
      978-0774833646
      ISBN-10 0774833645
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      Non-governmental organizations (NGOs)

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This exploration of the interactive relationship between Chinese NGOs and the Chinese state provides fresh insights into how the Chinese government operates and why it needs non-governmental organizations to survive.

      Trade Review

      With its multifaceted approach, this book is a must read for researchers and students of state–society relations in China and beyond.

      -- Anja Ketels * International Society for Third Sector Research *
      [Hsu] carries out rigorous academic analysis to explore in case studies in both Beijing and Shanghai how the central government, the municipal government, street neighborhood entities, and residents’ committees interact to address issues involving migrant workers … This well-done study contributes to understanding Chinese politics and, more generally, how local governmental units operate with some independence under authoritarian central governments. -- J. A. Rhodes, Luther College * CHOICE *

      Table of Contents

      Introduction

      1 Moving Towards a Spatial Framework

      2 Understanding Non-Governmental Organizations in China

      3 Symbolic Cooperation

      4 Asymmetric Cooperation

      5 Strategic Cooperation

      6 Foray in Spaces New and Old

      Conclusion

      Appendices; Notes; References; Index

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