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Environmental Governance in Taiwan

Three decades of rapid industrialization until the lifting of martial law in 1987, with little or no concern for the environment, have made Taiwans environmental degradation a serious problem. In the past 20 years, Taiwan has seen a surge of environmental organizations, which to a certain degree have enjoyed a remarkable success in fighting polluting industries or affecting policies on behalf of the environment.

This book aims to analyze environmental governance mechanisms and actors in Taiwan through a multi-disciplinary research approach. Based on extensive and original research, it includes four different case studies, which have all taken place since 2011. It focuses on four major elements of governance specifically norms, actors, processes and outcomes to examine Taiwans national and local environmental governance in the post-2008 period. The book shows how the painful lessons Taiwan has learned throughout its transition should be of interest to other developing countries, illustrating how these positive transformations have managed to bring about a more ecologically friendly mode of economic development.

Demonstrating that the battle to further ecological sustainability is also a battle to further democratization, this book will be of interest to students and scholars of Taiwan Studies, Developmental Studies and Environmental Studies.

Simona A. Grano is Senior Lecturer at the Department of Sinology at the University of Zrich, Switzerland. Her research interests focus on environmental management and politics, state-society relations and judicial sector reforms.

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Environmental Governance in Taiwan
A new generation of activists and stakeholders
Simona A. Grano

Environmental Governance in Taiwan

A new generation of activists and
stakeholders

Simona A. Grano

First published 2015
by Routledge
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and by Routledge
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Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business

2015 Simona A. Grano

The right of Simona A. Grano to be identified as author of this work has been asserted by her in accordance with sections 77 and 78 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilized in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers.

Trademark notice: Product or corporate names may be trademarks or registered trademarks, and are used only for identification and explanation without intent to infringe.

British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data
A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Grano, Simona Alba.
Environmental governance in Taiwan : a new generation of activists and stakeholders / Simona A. Grano.
pages cm. (Routledge research on Taiwan ; 16)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Environmental policyTaiwan. 2. TaiwanEnvironmental conditions.
I. Title.
GE190.T3G73 2015
363.705610951249dc23 2014048226

ISBN: 978-1-138-83140-7 (hbk)
ISBN: 978-1-315-73658-7 (ebk)

Typeset in Times New Roman
by Wearset Ltd, Boldon, Tyne and Wear

Contents

My long journey through the maze of Taiwanese green politics begins in February 2011. While many people mistakenly think of green politics and environmentalism as secondary aspects of a states main responsibilities, environmental politics reveal a great deal about how governments operate in other sectors of society, which have deep repercussions and profound reverberations on the political sphere.

Fieldwork in social sciences, especially when dealing with informants whose lives are at stake if a controversial or highly polluting complex gets built, can be rewarding and upsetting at the same time. One of the most fascinating discoveries I stumbled upon, while doing research in Taiwan, was the variety and heterogeneity of the actors involved in green politics. While I did not always agree with their goals or strategies even though my opinion is of no importance since I was there as a social scientist, dedicated to keeping a degree of objectivity that many of my sources found strange if not utterly frustrating I have to admit that I grew emotionally attached to many of my informants and I feel a deep sense of regret whenever one of their fights is lost. This book represents a way to raise attention to the numerous injustices and rightful struggles on behalf of a better environment and a less polluted Taiwan.

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