änderndes Beziehungsgefüge zwischen Staat und Gesellschaft hindeuten. Sie untersuchen dabei (a) neue Partizipations- und …This report approaches the question of whether a civil society is emerging in China. It examines several political and … between state and society. The authors of this report analyse (a) new participatory and social security arrangements in China …

opening up to society in the realms of environmental and social politics. The study shows that while the party … concepts of "NGO" and "civil society" becoming increasingly relevant as frames of reference. While their practices remain … the formation of social networks according to their own self-image as members of a budding Chinese civil society. -- China …

Contestation and mutual influence between the state and civil society goes beyond formal institutional realms, and … China's civil society, the discursive contour of this sense of belonging is most likely to be “for public interest”. The … “working for the public good” and discursive potential for meaning-making. This finding suggests not only society …

may indicate a varying path towards the maturation of the civil society sector in China, whereby Chinese NGOs do not …