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Institutional constraints on China's transition to sustainability

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  • Yang Chen
  • Cleber Dutra
  • Richard Sanders

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This paper analyses the institutional constraints on China's transition to sustainability. Through the investigation of the ecological dimension of the sustainability in China, we argue that there is a vacuum of social consensus and public understanding resulting from unbridled meritocracy and that this forms the key barrier to China's transition to sustainability. In our conclusion, we strongly propose a public debate in the form of dialogue among different classes and interest groups in Chinese society to contemplate a substantial paradigm shift from the transition to sustainable development to the transition to sustainability.

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  • Yang Chen & Cleber Dutra & Richard Sanders, 2008. "Institutional constraints on China's transition to sustainability," International Journal of Green Economics, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 2(2), pages 135-152.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:ijgrec:v:2:y:2008:i:2:p:135-152
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