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This book focuses on the question of whether and how civil society may contribute to policy innovation. As the focus of civil society research is often more on the constraints on civil society by the state and less on the agency and effects of civil society organisations the authors provide a fresh and fruitful perspective.

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Introduction 1. Civil Society Contributions to Policy Innovation in the PRC; Andreas Fulda PART I: ENVIRONMENTAL NGOS: BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE? 2. Environment and Health in China: The Role of Environmental NGOs in Policy Innovation; Kathinka Fürst and Jennifer Holdaway 3. Environmental Information Disclosure and Civil Society Innovation; Thomas Johnson 4. Public Participation in Low-carbon Policies: Climate Change and Sustainable Lifestyle Movements; Patrick Schröder PART II: SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT NGOS: FROM SERVICE DELIVERY TO POLICY ADVOCACY? 5. Growing or Perishing? The Development of Labour NGOs; Chun-yi Lee 6. Disability Groups Turn to the Social Enterprise Model: A New Trajectory?; Andreas Fulda, Andrea Lane and Francesco Valente 7. ´Enabling the Disabled´: The Growing Role of Civil Society in Disability Rights Advocacy; Stephen Hallett 8. How Policy Entrepreneurs Convinced China´s Government to Start Procuring Public Services from CSOs; Yang Tuan, Huang Haoming and Andreas Fulda PART III: INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION: A ROLE FOR CITIZEN DIPLOMACY AND CIVIL SOCIETY PARTNERSHIPS IN EU-CHINA RELATIONS? 9. Opportunities and Challenges for EU-China Civil Society Collaboration; Nora Sausmikat 10. Bridging the Gaps between European and Chinese Civil Societies; Mark Pixley and Karen Lim 11. Reinvigorating the EU-China Strategic Partnership; Andreas Fulda and Horst Fabian Index

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Andreas Fulda Horst Fabian Kathinka Fürst Stephen Hallett Jennifer Holdaway Huang Haoming Thomas Johnson Andrea Lane Chun-yi Lee Karen Lim Mark Pixley Nora Sausmikat Patrick Schroeder Francesco Valente Yang Tuan

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