Andrew C. Mertha’s <em>China’s Water Warriors: Citizen Action and Policy Change</em>

Andrew C. Mertha's China's Water Warriors: Citizen Action and Policy Change

by David M. Lampton, Andrew Mertha, Teh-chang Lin, Anna Brettell, Peter Ford, and Yawei Liu
July 1, 2009

Review essays by David M. Lampton, Anna Brettell, Teh-chang Lin, and Yawei Liu are followed by a response essay from the author.

Download the book review roundtable.

Water Politics and Political Change in China
David M. Lampton

Shifting Openings and Trap Doors in the Maze of China’s Hydropower Policy Processes
Anna Brettell

Anti-Dam Campaigns and Transforming State-Society Relations: Citizen Action and Policy Change in China’s Hydraulic Society
Teh-chang Lin

China’s Warriors Are Handicapped
Yawei Liu

Breaching the Dam
Peter Ford

Author’s Response: China’s Water Warriors—Returning to the Scene of Battle
Andrew Mertha


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