Author(s)

Huatao Yang

Corresponding Author

Huatao Yang

ABSTRACT

With the involvement of environmental NGOs (ENGOs) and other third parties, China’s environmental governance patterns have undergone profound changes, and environmental protection has gradually become a hot topic in Chinese society. This research is based on the question of why under the authoritarian governance structure in China, there are still ENGOs which choose to intervene in some competitive environmental movements. By utilizing the concept of field, this article explores the impact of rules, capital, and habitus in the environmental governance field on the participants like ENGOs and government agents based on the analysis of two typical cases. This study reveals the logic behind the action strategies of ENGOs, that is, to gain relative strength and dynamic balance between various sub-fields through the connection of social capital.

KEYWORDS

Environmental governance, ENGO, action strategies