Toxic Politics - China s Environmental Health Crisis Its Challenge to Chinese State

China's deepening health crisis reveals the fragility of the party-state and undercuts China's ability to project influence internationally.

List of contents

Part I: 1. Health effects of environmental degradation; 2. Economic, sociopolitical and foreign policy impacts; Part II: 3. Evolving environmental health policy; 4. Implementing environmental health policy; 5. An assessment of policy effectiveness; Notes; Index.

About the author

Yanzhong Huang is a senior fellow for global health at the Council on Foreign Relations. He is also a professor at Seton Hall University's School of Diplomacy and International Relations, where he developed the first academic concentration among US schools of international affairs to explicitly address the security and foreign policy aspects of global health issues. His writing has appeared in outlets including Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, the New York Times, and the International Herald Tribune.

Summary

This book is for policymakers, students, scholars, and concerned citizens who are interested in Chinese affairs, politics, international relations, the environment, public health, and public policy. Huang presents new evidence of China's deepening health crisis and examines the implications for Chinese politics and China's international ascendance.

Product details

• Authors: Yanzhong Huang, Huang Yanzhong, Huang Yanzhong Huang
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2020
• EAN: 9781108841917
• ISBN: 978-1-108-84191-7
• No. of pages: 282
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Public law, administrative procedural law, constitutional procedural law; China, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / General, International Relations, Environmental law, Public health & preventive medicine, Social impact of environmental issues, Central / national / federal government policies, Environment law, Public health and preventive medicine, Central government policies