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Hansen, Mette Halskov; Ahlers, Anna Lisa (Chapter / Bokkapittel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)In this chapter, we first provide an overview of the design and dynamics of China’s major national policies regarding air quality control and air pollution prevention, hereafter called ‘air policy’. We then briefly zoom ...
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Ahlers, Anna Lisa; Shen, Yongdong (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / SubmittedVersion, 2019)How does the Chinese government, on occasion, manage to spirit away China’s immense air pollution problem? In order to ensure that blue skies will greet participants in international mega-events in China, such as the 2008 ...
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Ahlers, Anna Lisa; Shen, Yongdong (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)The heavy smog suffocating China's cities is increasingly being perceived as a threat by both the population and the authorities. Consequently, political action aiming at regulating ambient air pollution has become ...
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Sagild, Rebekka Åsnes; Ahlers, Anna Lisa (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)The Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) system is a curious institution: often ridiculed as a decorative “flower vase” for the one-Party regime, or, at best, a networking club meant to appease elite ...
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Ahlers, Anna Lisa (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion, 2018)
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Ahlers, Anna Lisa; Schubert, Gunter (Chapter / Bokkapittel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)This chapter highlights how local political elites shape and steer governance in China’s vast rural areas where local officials act as both agents of the central state and lower level principals, who enjoy considerable ...
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Ahlers, Anna Lisa; Shen, Yongdong (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)Studies of environmental governance in China mainly discuss bilateral encounters, such as popular protests against polluting companies, NGO collaboration with local authorities, or local government collusion with enterprises ...
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Ahlers, Anna Lisa; Stichweh, Rudolf (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)In this article I present the transformations and continuities in the cult of Legba in Brazil, an African entity of Fon-Ewe origin, paying special attention to its practice in the Maranhense mine drum. I start from the ...
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Ahlers, Anna Lisa; Heberer, Thomas; Schubert, Gunter (Chapter / Bokkapittel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)Why and how do the tiers of local government, and the modes of governance evolving around them, occupy a critical role in China’s authoritarian state structure? This chapter approaches this question by looking at one of ...