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E-book Ecological States : Politics of Science and Nature in Urbanizing China

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Ecology has become a means through which to express and constitute state power in China. In 2012, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) wrote “eco­logical civilization building” into the party constitution. In 2018, it was writ­ten into the Constitution of the People’s Republic of China with amendments that emphasized conservation and a “scientific outlook on development.” These amendments included ideological messages that building a beautiful China, maintaining the purity of the ruling communist party, and creating an “eco­logical society” were crucial to sustainable development. A nationwide envi­ronmental campaign organized around strategic policies to build an ecological civilization ( shengtai wenming jianshe zhanlüe zhengce) became a key pillar of China’s party-state. Alongside the reorganization of party-state ideology and national policy over the last decade, the state introduced myriad techniques aimed at optimizing green governance and urbanization, such as ecological redlines and New-Type Urbanization planning, which initiated a new phase of urban-rural coordination. Contrary to news media and scholarly accounts, the ecological civilization building paradigm did not originate from President Xi Jinping who came to power in 2012. Even though the scientific knowledge and techniques guiding ecological civilization building emerged through the work of China’s scientists and state planners engaged in global ecological and socialist thought, Xi is the figure most closely associated with the ecological turn. Xi Jinping Thought Xi Jinping sixiang) was enshrined in the Nineteenth Party Congress in 2017 dur­ing a three-hour speech in which Xi articulated a vision for sustainable devel­opment. In the speech, Xi emphasized nature aesthetics and nation-building through the theme of “beautiful China.” A beautiful China, Xi claimed, is a nation that is “ecological and civilized” and “ensures global ecological security.”1 To become a “fully modernized socialist country by 2035,” Xi vowed to develop “ecological goods to meet people’s growing demand for a beautiful environment,” promote green development, protect the environment, and improve society.2 The scope of ecological civilization building is vast, crossing an array of governmental policies. It epitomizes a socio-technical imaginary aimed at balancing economy and environment by optimizing biophysical nature, urbanizing rural society, and improving the aesthetic character of China’s landscapes.

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307.251 ROD e

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USA : Cornell University Press., 2023

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265 hlm

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English

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9781501769023

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307.251

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computer

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online resource

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