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China’s Civil Society. THE Bibliography.

By Dan Harris on Posted in Recommended Reading

If you are looking for information regarding China’s civil society or its nongovernmental (NGO), nonprofit, charitable sectors, I have just the link for you. The link is to “China Development Brief’s Bibliography of Sources on Civil Society,” an exhaustive bibliography on sources relating to pretty much all aspects of China’s Civil Society. The bibliography is divided into the following sections:

  • Agriculture and Civil Society
  • Economy and Civil Society
  • Environment and Civil Society
  • History and Civil Society
  • Intellectuals and Civil Society
  • Law and Civil Society
  • Media, the Internet and Civil Society
  • Philanthropy and Civil Society
  • Religion and Civil Society
  • Social Welfare and Civil Society
  • Civil Society – PRC
  • Civil Society – Comparative and International
  • Civil Society – Homeowners Associations
  • Civil Society – NGOs
  • Civil Society – Theory

I am always getting asked for sources on various things relating to China so if anyone else is aware of good China bibliographies, please list them in the comments below. 

  • http://www.foarp.blogspot.com FOARP

    Am I the only person who, whilst recognising that a great deal of good work is done by both foreign and domestic charities and NGOs in China, thinks that there are more than a few people out there, both foreigners and Chinese, essentially running NGOs and charities for their own profit and self-aggrandisement? At least from the outside it seems an especially scam-laden field, and because the areas in which charitable work is most needed are also those which are the hardest to check, it also seems one in which it is very difficult to do proper DD.

  • tyseen

    China Development Brief is published by a wing of the State Propaganda Ministry. It’s ok, but it’s important to always be cognizant of this.

  • http://Www.inpraiseofchina.com Godfree roberts

    “The Geography of Thought” by Richard Nisbett is my current favorite for a fundamental perspective on the cultural differences between Eastern and Western ways of looking at things. Explains a LOT about misunderstandings.

  • China Scholar

    Thanks for this list. I don’t care where it comes from, it’s a great list and I know it will prove helpful to me in my research.

  • Bai Ren

    Civil society is far more than formal organizations like this.
    Great resource but I feel it should include more than it does.