Speaker:

Dr Christoph Steinhardt
Assistant Professor, Faculty of Social Science, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Date:

Tuesday, 28 November 2017, 3:30pm-5:00pm

Venue:

EAI Conference Room
NUS Bukit Timah Campus
469A Bukit Timah Road
Tower Block #06-01
Singapore 259770

Abstract:

In spite of a long-standing official aversion to strong horizontal ties among social forces and increasing political pressure on civil society at large, collaboration and alliance-building among non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in China have been expanding in recent years. This talk tries to shed new light on the forces driving this apparent trend and provide conjectures on its significance for the development of Chinese civil society. It draws on evidence from the Zero Waste Alliance—a nationwide, formal alliance of environmental NGOs engaged in policy advocacy, policy monitoring, capacity building, as well as grass-roots mobilisation and education in waste-related matters.

About the Speaker:

H Christoph Steinhardt is an assistant professor of political science at the Centre for China Studies and Faculty of Social Science, The Chinese University of Hong Kong. His research focuses on contentious politics, public opinion and political communication in China. His writing has appeared in journals such as European Political Science Review, Journal of Contemporary China, Modern China, Political Studies and The China Journal.