Heard But Marginalized: A Case Study of Chinese NGOs in the Anti-domestic Violence Legislation

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10.2991/assehr.k.211020.253How to use a DOI?

Keywords

NGOs, anti-domestic violence, institutional isomorphism, authoritarianism

Abstract

This paper examines the interactions of Chinese NGOs and the government, before and after the legislation of anti-domestic law. In 1995, the Fourth World Congress of Women held in Beijing remarks on Chinese determination to engage in public affairs globally; afterward, concepts of anti-domestic violence and NGOs have come into China. With further connection with the world, China has accepted the normative practice that NGOs are vital for solving domestic violence. It has resulted in the isomorphic strategies adapted by early anti-domestic violence NGOs in China, learning from the successful foreign models. However, the Chinese government also feels alert to NGOs’ assumption from the western experience of expanding civil society instead of the official. With the development of the anti-domestic violence movement, NGOs, in turn, display a unitive tendency to get closer to the authorities. This article argues that the government achieves the localization of NGOs in the Chinese context during the past two decades of the ant-domestic violence movement. The enactment of the law in 2016 promotes solving domestic violence and reaffirming the official authority in public affairs.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Yi Shi
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/10/21
TI  - Heard But Marginalized: A Case Study of Chinese NGOs in the Anti-domestic Violence Legislation
BT  - Proceedings of the 2021 International Conference on Public Relations and Social Sciences (ICPRSS 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 759
EP  - 768
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.211020.253
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.211020.253
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