Scott Wilson

Tigers without Teeth (eBook, ePUB)

The Pursuit of Justice in Contemporary China

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This compelling book analyzes the rise of civil society and legal contentiousness in contemporary China. Scott Wilson examines how Chinese AIDS carriers and pollution victims, relying on weak laws and judicial institutions, pursue justice and protection of their rights in Chinese courts and civil society. In exploring the "politics of justice" in China, the author contends that civil society and legal rights advance when their organizers have support from pockets of the Chinese Communist Party, resources from international groups, and the backing of protesters. Even lawsuits that fail in the courts can raise societal consciousness of social issues and can lead to revised state policies to address the substantive claims of disadvantaged citizens. Underlying the politics of justice is the regime's attempt to balance commitments to legal development and its interest in regime stability. Wilson argues that the Chinese state has looked more favorably upon pollution victims' civil-society organizations and lawsuits than those of AIDS carriers. Going beyond the standard overviews of China's legal system, Tigers without Teeth is unique in its close comparison of legal activism on two sensitive and politically relevant social issues. It provides important insights into the development of civil society, as well as highlighting limitations to the pursuit of justice as the system balances between the development of rule of law and regime stability.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 276
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. März 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781442236172
• Artikelnr.: 42618119

Autorenporträt

Scott Wilson is a former marketer, entrepreneur, and writer with a profound passion for geopolitics. He tries to write provocative satire about global affairs: China's ascent, America's tumble, and Australia's quiet significance in the superpower showdown. The Bowman Standard is his debut novel about energy security. Scott lives on the Mornington Peninsula with his wife and two children. When not writing, he prefers to be on a mountain, in the ocean, or engrossed in The Economist. He likes chatting too, and can be found on X or Gmail: @AuthorSFWilson.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface List of Acronyms List of Tables 1 Introduction: "Tigers without
Teeth?" Dilemmas of Rule of Law and Civil Society in Nondemocratic Regimes
Challenges to the Pursuit of Legal Justice Why Study Environmental
Pollution Victims and HIV/AIDS Carriers? Linking Civil Society Development,
Litigation, and Rule of Law Understanding the Divergent State Responses to
Looming Crises A Look Ahead Notes 2 State Management of Civil Society and
the Judiciary Contending Approaches to Chinese Civil Society Civil Society
and the Judiciary as Arenas of Contestation Categories of Civil Society
Organizations and Registration Rules Sources of Civil Society Organization
Autonomy Regulatory Changes and Control over Civil Society Organizations
UNAIDS and the Rift with China's State over the Global Fund China's
Judiciary Party and State Influence over the Courts Sources of Judicial
Autonomy Civil Society and Reining in Cause Lawyers Conclusion: China's
State in the Trenches Notes 3 The Development of China's Environmental and
HIV/AIDS Crises Institutions and Epidemics in China Marketization and
Globalization Legislation and Stigmatization Ministry of Health The Spread
of HIV/AIDS in China Institutional Origins of China's Environmental Crisis
Environmental Regulations Economic Institutions The Environmental
Protection Bureaucracy 7 China's Environmental Decline 7 The Mao Era
(1949-1978) 7 The Post-Mao Era (1978-Present) Conclusion: Institutional
Origins and Responses to Crises Notes 4 Civil Society Responses to HIV/AIDS
and Environmental Pollution The Development of HIV/AIDS Organizations SARS
Crisis China CARES Program Limits to State-Centered Approaches to HIV/AIDS
International Efforts to Empower Chinese AIDS Groups and Their Limits
Chinese Grassroots NGOs-Bounded Autonomy A Fractured Civil Society: China's
HIV/AIDS Organizations Environmental Civil Society Groups Emergence of
Environmental Civil Society Groups Environmental Legal Aid Groups The
Politics of Civil Society Development and Legal Aid Notes 115 5 HIV/AIDS
Carriers Settling for Discrimination Legal and Regulatory Context of
HIV/AIDS Carriers' Rights State Attempts to Keep HIV/AIDS Social Conflict
Out of the Courts Discrimination against HIV/AIDS Carriers Discrimination
and the Right to Health Care Discrimination and Health Insurance Employment
Discrimination Compensation for Contracting HIV/AIDS from the Mishandling
of the Blood Supply "We Cannot Control Our Anger Anymore" Conclusion:
Settling for Discrimination? Notes 6 Litigating for Pollution Victims'
Rights Development of Chinese Environmental Laws and Regulations
Development of Environmental Litigation in China Joint Litigation Health
Damages Right to Know Halting Pollution Violations Efforts to Improve
Implementation of Environmental Regulations "Scientific Development,"
"Harmonious Society," and Litigation Notes 7 Who May Defend the "Public
Interest"? The Legal Basis of Chinese Environmental Public Interest
Litigation The Slow Development of Environmental Public Interest Litigation
Law Revisions and Environmental Public Interest Litigation GONGO Leadership
of Public Interest Litigation and Societal Quiescence Courts and the
Politics of Environmental Adjudication Representing the Public Interest:
Citizen-State Struggles in Civil Society Notes 8 Conclusion: Helping Tigers
Grow Teeth Factors Propelling Rights Protection in China International
Funding and Linkages Mobilization of Protest and Media Litigation Regime
Allies Obstacles to Rights-Based Contention Uneven and Fragmented Civil
Society Decentralized and Fractured Bureaucracy and Judiciary Is a Rights
Revolution Incompatible with Regime Maintenance? Notes Interview List
Bibliography Chinese Language Sources About the Author