a critical review of environment and modernityin transitional china

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1、AcriticalreviewofEnvironmentandmodernityintransitionalChina　　Abstract：SomewesternscholarsassertthatChinahassteppedintoEcologicalModernizationsocietysincethebeginningofthe21stcentury.ArthurMolisoneofthem，whoconfirmsthissameopinioninhismanyarticles.Thisstudyfocusesonthisoneresearchandpointsouttha

2、ttherearestilllackofstrongevidencestosupportthistypicalideacompletely.　　Keywords：China；EnvironmentalProtection；EcologicalModernization　　Introduction　　Overthelastseveraldecades，manyresearchersandpoliticianshaveheldpessimisticandnegativeviewsontheChineseenvironmentaltrendanddevelopment.However，so

3、memoreoptimisticandpositiveopinionshaveemergedinthewesternacademiainthelastseveralyears[1].Thisarticle，EnvironmentandmodernityintransitionalChina，istypicaloneofthiskindoftrend，writtenbyArthurP.J.Mol，ChairandprofessorinenvironmentpolicyattheDepartmentofSocialScience，WageningenUniversity，Hollands

4、eweg，whoisoneoftheforemostscholarsinthe8environmentalsociology.Inthisarticle，theauthortriestoanswerthequestion，whetherthewesternecologicalmodernization（EM）frameworkissuitablefordevelopingcountriesandwhetherChineseenvironmentalreformscouldberegardedasEMornot.AftercomparedChinesepracticetoEuropea

5、nmodes，asthetitleofthearticleindicates，theauthor’sanswerisprettypositive（although，atthesametime，hepointsoutthatChinashowsadifferentmodeandstyle）.　　Summary　　AtthebeginningofMol’sarticle，theauthordepictsbrieflytheoriginationandprocessinstitutionalizationofEMindevelopedsocieties，andtheirdiffusioni

6、nsomedevelopingcountries.Withcitingagreatnumberofpreviousstudies，thearticlededucedthatthereisabasicfeatureofEMtheory.Thatis“thecentripetalmovementofecologicalinterests，ideasandconsiderationswithinthesocialpracticesandinstitutionaldevelopmentsofmodernsocieties”.　　Basedonthisrecognition，theauthor

7、，withthehelpofinformationclassificationandfootnote，elaboratesthedevelopmentprocessandcharacteristicsofenvironmentalpracticeinwesternandChinarespectivelyatfouraspects（politicalmodernization，economicactorsandmarketdynamic，civilsocie