Hello GEP... My new textbook has just been published by Polity. It is intended to encourage GEP profs to include a unit on China in their courses (and China profs to include one on the environment!). It's quite slender at 200 pages and lists at $23 ($16 on Amazon). I do hope you will order an exam copy and consider writing it into your syllabus. There's a free sample chapter available on www.judithshapiro.com. Thanks and hope everyone's having a great summer. Judy
China's Environmental Challenges Judith Shapiro American University, Washington D.C. ‘An ideal primer for one of the world's most complex and important challenges. From governance and globalization to national identity and justice, Shapiro provides a nuanced and comprehensive introduction to the full range of China's environmental problems and frames discussions on how they might be solved.’ Jonathan Watts, author of When a Billion Chinese Jump ‘Judith Shapiro provides a wonderfully clear, accessible, and insightful account of the environmental toll of China’s explosive economic growth. This unique and revealing account will be essential reading for anyone concerned about the environmental future of China, the planet, and its people.’ Ken Conca, author of Governing Water and editor of Green Planet Blues: Four Decades of Global Environmental Politics ‘A riveting journey through the environmental politics of China – with lessons and insights that anyone who is striving for a more just and sustainable future urgently needs to know.’ Peter Dauvergne, University of British Columbia, author of Timber ‘Shapiro is one of the world's leading China scholars. In this crisply written, balanced, and insightful book, Shapiro explains the political, cultural and economic factors that shape China's ability to respond to environmental dangers. China's Environmental Challenges is the foundational text many of us have been waiting for.’ Paul Wapner, author of Living Through the End of Nature and Environmental Activism and World Civic Politics ‘From her years spent in China Shapiro brings a sharp analysis of China's environmental problems, from the Mao years to the present. As a new green movement emerges, she clearly identifies the immense political and economic challenges it will face. This is essential reading for students, activists and professionals who are trying to understand what China's future holds, for its citizens and for us.’ Gary Marcuse, director of Waking the Green Tiger
