Public participation with Chinese characteristics: Citizen consumers in China's environmental management

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The People's Republic of China has made important steps on the path of environmental reform, but a society's ability to identify and resolve environmental problems is not merely based on the knowledge and resources embedded in its bureaucracy and legal framework. The presence of social actors who can act as advocates for the environment and the integration of these non-governmental forces in processes of planning and policy-making can enhance the opportunities for environmental transitions.

China, Environmental Management, Administration of Environmental Quality Programs, Conservation & Land Mgmt-Total Govt, Public participation, Environmental protection

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EU environmental policy under pressure: Chemicals policy change between antagonistic goals?

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A study of the influence of structures, policy networks, multi-level governance and the influence of new modes of governance on chemicals policy-making is illustrated. The chemical policy reform is the result of serious anomalies of the current European Union chemicals regulation concerning both environmental and health but also business and trade issues.

CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS, European Union, Chemical industry, Pesticides industry, Herbicides, Sulphur industry

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'Organized irresponsibility': Contradictions in the Australian government's strategy for GM regulation

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The Gene Technology Act 2000 has problems due to the affinity between genetic determinism in science and neo-liberal trade policy. A broader social basis for evaluation of techniques like genetically modified crops are proposed and ethical parameters to guide this wide range of politics are suggested.

Australia, Genetically modified crops

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