Abstract
How do authoritarian regimes handle and manage climate change? By focusing on China, this paper explores a specific type of environmental governance sustained through the country’s authoritarian practices. This analysis of the ecological migration policy targeting the Tibetan population in Sanjiangyuan highlights the means through which China perpetrates its control over the nomad communities legitimized by sustainable justifications furthering non-environmental goals that disregard local citizens’ preferences and needs. Through means of secrecy, disinformation, and disabling voice, this paper demonstrates that the ecological migration policy constitutes an authoritarian practice by the Chinese government, and it considers the negative repercussions for the human rights and freedom of the affected individuals.
Evidence for Practice
Keywords: Climate change, Tibet, China, authoritarianism, environmental authoritarianism
Citations: De Luca, D. (2022). Authoritarian practices in the Sanjiangyuan Region, China Ecological Resettlement of Tibetan Rural Population?. Public Note, 10(1), 8-15.
How do authoritarian regimes handle and manage climate change? By focusing on China, this paper explores a specific type of environmental governance sustained through the country’s authoritarian practices. This analysis of the ecological migration policy targeting the Tibetan population in Sanjiangyuan highlights the means through which China perpetrates its control over the nomad communities legitimized by sustainable justifications furthering non-environmental goals that disregard local citizens’ preferences and needs. Through means of secrecy, disinformation, and disabling voice, this paper demonstrates that the ecological migration policy constitutes an authoritarian practice by the Chinese government, and it considers the negative repercussions for the human rights and freedom of the affected individuals.
Evidence for Practice
- Authoritarian regimes implementing ecological policies for tackling climate change often manage environmental concerns via public policies and strict regulations of individuals’ behaviors.
- China has been enforcing the resettlement of the Tibetan population in the Sanjiangyuan region driven by motives labeled as ecological. Nevertheless, research shows that this policy constitutes an authoritarian practice that reinforces the power of the central government.
- By employing means of secrecy, disinformation, and disabling voice, China is increasing its control over the Tibetan nomadic population by enforcing illegitimate conditions limiting the freedom of the targeted local population.
Keywords: Climate change, Tibet, China, authoritarianism, environmental authoritarianism
Citations: De Luca, D. (2022). Authoritarian practices in the Sanjiangyuan Region, China Ecological Resettlement of Tibetan Rural Population?. Public Note, 10(1), 8-15.
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