Journal of Jishou University(Social Sciences)

• Research on Social Governance • Previous Articles     Next Articles

Paradox of Public Participation and Space-right Game——Paying Attention to Right-Interest Logic Hidden behind “NIMBY” Events

HOU Guanghui,CHEN Tong,WANG Ying,YAO Tianzeng   

  1. (1.School of Economics and Management,Tianjin University,Tianjin 300072,China;2.Environmental Protection Bureau of Bishan District,Chongqing 402760,China;3.School of Tropical Agriculture and Forestry,Hainan University,Haikou 570228,China)
  • Online:2017-01-01 Published:2017-01-16

Abstract: Nowadays,series of environmental activist group events labeled by “NIMBY”(Not In My Back Yard)have attracted wide-spread social attention.Protesters “captured” the governmental policies,and thus induced the phenomenon of “Public Participation Paradox” (PPP).This has caused complicated dilemmas,such as loss of multiple interests,suspected governmental credibility,unfinished reconstruction of democratic process,and the loss of valuable developing opportunities for local government as well.Under the circumstances of multi-rights structure,rising civic consciousness,and public trust crisis,the forces of relevant public interests,local government,market,and the general public fight for the space rights loaded with economic rights,environmental rights and politic rights,which has attributed to the Paradox in China.In order to solve this paradox,the government should pay emphasis on the rights and benefit mechanism behind the NIMBY events.It is the internal requirement to establish an “Adaptive Administration System”(AAS) to respond to the governance capacity construction of the country,respect the original spacial right-benefit structure,guarantee the multiple rights ,prevent and dissolve the NIMNY crisis.

Key words: environmental rights, group accidents, public participation paradox, spacial rights, NIMBY events

WeChat e-book chaoxing Mobile QQ