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Impressive but injustice? Just transition under authoritarian environmentalism in China

Jin, Ying LU (2022) In Master Thesis Series in Environmental Studies and Sustainability Science MESM02 20221
LUCSUS (Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies)
Abstract
Justice discourse is noticeably emerging in the sustainable transition field. While at the same time, authoritarian governance, due to the unitary hierarchy in the political system it embeds in, is accused of having a higher possibility to reinforce old and create new injustice. China, in order to meet the carbon goal (strive for carbon peak in 2030 and neutrality in 2060), is expected to have a drastic system reconfiguration. Following this line of thought, its low-carbon transitions is an ideal object to study just transition under the authoritarian government. This thesis conducted discourse analysis and lexical analysis of the data from the mainstream news medias and interviews towards the sustainability front-line participants, with... (More)
Justice discourse is noticeably emerging in the sustainable transition field. While at the same time, authoritarian governance, due to the unitary hierarchy in the political system it embeds in, is accused of having a higher possibility to reinforce old and create new injustice. China, in order to meet the carbon goal (strive for carbon peak in 2030 and neutrality in 2060), is expected to have a drastic system reconfiguration. Following this line of thought, its low-carbon transitions is an ideal object to study just transition under the authoritarian government. This thesis conducted discourse analysis and lexical analysis of the data from the mainstream news medias and interviews towards the sustainability front-line participants, with the aim of providing a relatively nuanced understanding of the Sustainable transition under the authoritarian regime and identify existing barriers and potential alternatives to fuel the just transition in China. (Less)
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author
Jin, Ying LU
supervisor
organization
course
MESM02 20221
year
type
H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
subject
keywords
Sustainability science, authoritarian environmentalism, sustainable transition, justice framework, political ecology
publication/series
Master Thesis Series in Environmental Studies and Sustainability Science
report number
2022:032
language
English
id
9084501
date added to LUP
2022-06-09 10:52:45
date last changed
2022-06-09 10:52:45
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  abstract     = {{Justice discourse is noticeably emerging in the sustainable transition field. While at the same time, authoritarian governance, due to the unitary hierarchy in the political system it embeds in, is accused of having a higher possibility to reinforce old and create new injustice. China, in order to meet the carbon goal (strive for carbon peak in 2030 and neutrality in 2060), is expected to have a drastic system reconfiguration. Following this line of thought, its low-carbon transitions is an ideal object to study just transition under the authoritarian government. This thesis conducted discourse analysis and lexical analysis of the data from the mainstream news medias and interviews towards the sustainability front-line participants, with the aim of providing a relatively nuanced understanding of the Sustainable transition under the authoritarian regime and identify existing barriers and potential alternatives to fuel the just transition in China.}},
  author       = {{Jin, Ying}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  series       = {{Master Thesis Series in Environmental Studies and Sustainability Science}},
  title        = {{Impressive but injustice? Just transition under authoritarian environmentalism in China}},
  year         = {{2022}},
}