The performative state: public scrutiny and environmental governance in China
What does the state do when public expectations exceed its governing capacity? The Performative State shows how the state can shape public perceptions and defuse crises through the theatrical deployment of language, symbols, and gestures of good governance-performative governance.Iza Ding unpacks th...
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Zusammenfassung: | What does the state do when public expectations exceed its governing capacity? The Performative State shows how the state can shape public perceptions and defuse crises through the theatrical deployment of language, symbols, and gestures of good governance-performative governance.Iza Ding unpacks the black box of street-level bureaucracy in China through ethnographic participation, in-depth interviews, and public opinion surveys. She demonstrates in vivid detail how China's environmental bureaucrats deal with intense public scrutiny over pollution when they lack the authority to actually improve the physical environment. They assuage public outrage by appearing responsive, benevolent, and humble. But performative governance is hard work. Environmental bureaucrats paradoxically work themselves to exhaustion even when they cannot effectively implement environmental policies. Instead of achieving "performance legitimacy" by delivering material improvements, the state can shape public opinion through the theatrical performance of goodwill and sincere effort. The Performative State also explains when performative governance fails at impressing its audience and when governance becomes less performative and more substantive. Ding focuses on Chinese evidence but her theory travels: comparisons with Vietnam and the United States show that all states, democratic and authoritarian alike, engage in performative governance |
Beschreibung: | 1 Online-Ressource (258 Seiten) Diagramme |
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spelling | Ding, Iza Verfasser (DE-588)122558129X aut The performative state public scrutiny and environmental governance in China Iza Ding Ithaca, NY Cornell University Press [2022] © 2022 1 Online-Ressource (258 Seiten) Diagramme txt rdacontent c rdamedia cr rdacarrier What does the state do when public expectations exceed its governing capacity? The Performative State shows how the state can shape public perceptions and defuse crises through the theatrical deployment of language, symbols, and gestures of good governance-performative governance.Iza Ding unpacks the black box of street-level bureaucracy in China through ethnographic participation, in-depth interviews, and public opinion surveys. She demonstrates in vivid detail how China's environmental bureaucrats deal with intense public scrutiny over pollution when they lack the authority to actually improve the physical environment. They assuage public outrage by appearing responsive, benevolent, and humble. But performative governance is hard work. Environmental bureaucrats paradoxically work themselves to exhaustion even when they cannot effectively implement environmental policies. Instead of achieving "performance legitimacy" by delivering material improvements, the state can shape public opinion through the theatrical performance of goodwill and sincere effort. The Performative State also explains when performative governance fails at impressing its audience and when governance becomes less performative and more substantive. Ding focuses on Chinese evidence but her theory travels: comparisons with Vietnam and the United States show that all states, democratic and authoritarian alike, engage in performative governance Asian Studies Environmental History Political Science & Political History HISTORY / Asia / China bisacsh Communication in politics China Environmental policy China Public opinion Environmental protection China Public opinion Local government and environmental policy China Public opinion https://doi.org/10.1515/9781501760396 Verlag URL des Erstveröffentlichers Volltext |
spellingShingle | Ding, Iza The performative state public scrutiny and environmental governance in China Asian Studies Environmental History Political Science & Political History HISTORY / Asia / China bisacsh Communication in politics China Environmental policy China Public opinion Environmental protection China Public opinion Local government and environmental policy China Public opinion |
title | The performative state public scrutiny and environmental governance in China |
title_auth | The performative state public scrutiny and environmental governance in China |
title_exact_search | The performative state public scrutiny and environmental governance in China |
title_exact_search_txtP | The performative state public scrutiny and environmental governance in China |
title_full | The performative state public scrutiny and environmental governance in China Iza Ding |
title_fullStr | The performative state public scrutiny and environmental governance in China Iza Ding |
title_full_unstemmed | The performative state public scrutiny and environmental governance in China Iza Ding |
title_short | The performative state |
title_sort | the performative state public scrutiny and environmental governance in china |
title_sub | public scrutiny and environmental governance in China |
topic | Asian Studies Environmental History Political Science & Political History HISTORY / Asia / China bisacsh Communication in politics China Environmental policy China Public opinion Environmental protection China Public opinion Local government and environmental policy China Public opinion |
topic_facet | Asian Studies Environmental History Political Science & Political History HISTORY / Asia / China Communication in politics China Environmental policy China Public opinion Environmental protection China Public opinion Local government and environmental policy China Public opinion |
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