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Sustainability transitions and leapfrogging in latecomer cities : a case of the diffusion of solar thermal energy in China (2017)
Thesis
Yu, Z. (2017). Sustainability transitions and leapfrogging in latecomer cities : a case of the diffusion of solar thermal energy in China. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4224324

Sustainability transition has been a burgeoning research field and political practice due to its focus on the systemic and fundamental transformation of existing main human sectors to curb global climate change. The present thesis aims to contribute... Read More about Sustainability transitions and leapfrogging in latecomer cities : a case of the diffusion of solar thermal energy in China.

Does the National People's Congress matter? : executive-legislative relations in the Chinese legislative process (2015)
Thesis
Chen, W. (2015). Does the National People's Congress matter? : executive-legislative relations in the Chinese legislative process. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4222794

This research focuses on executive-legislative relations in China. By exploring the evolution of executive-legislative relations in China, the mechanism and factors that shape executive-legislative relations are critically analysed from the perspecti... Read More about Does the National People's Congress matter? : executive-legislative relations in the Chinese legislative process.

Institutional development of the Chinese National People's Congress (1978-89) : intellectual perspectives (2013)
Thesis
Yan, X. (2013). Institutional development of the Chinese National People's Congress (1978-89) : intellectual perspectives. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4214968

This research focuses on the institutional development of the National People’s Congress (NPC) in the period 1978-89, which was approximately the initial decade of the Post-Mao period of Chinese politics. For the NPC, this period saw the sharpest ins... Read More about Institutional development of the Chinese National People's Congress (1978-89) : intellectual perspectives.

Knowledge transfer to facilitate industrial symbiosis : a case study of UK-China collaborators (2013)
Thesis
Wang, Q. (2013). Knowledge transfer to facilitate industrial symbiosis : a case study of UK-China collaborators. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4214619

Interest in how industrial production could be adapted to promote sustainable development has increased in recent decades worldwide. Industrial symbiosis (where one company’s unwanted materials become the input for another company) is one approach to... Read More about Knowledge transfer to facilitate industrial symbiosis : a case study of UK-China collaborators.

China’s shifting role and motives in East Asian economic integration : a Chinese perspective on China-ASEAN economic cooperation in the 1990s and 2000s (2011)
Thesis
Wang, L. (2011). China’s shifting role and motives in East Asian economic integration : a Chinese perspective on China-ASEAN economic cooperation in the 1990s and 2000s. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4211984

East Asian regionalism substantially intensified after the 1997-8 Asian Financial Crisis (AFC), which was a significant case and an increasingly emerging issue of new regionalism after the Cold War ended in the early 1990s. In contrast with business-... Read More about China’s shifting role and motives in East Asian economic integration : a Chinese perspective on China-ASEAN economic cooperation in the 1990s and 2000s.

The Internet and Parliamentary Democracy in Europe: a comparative study of the ethics of political communication in the digital age (2008)
Book
Dai, X., & Norton, P. (Eds.). (2008). The Internet and Parliamentary Democracy in Europe: a comparative study of the ethics of political communication in the digital age. Abingdon: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.1080/13572330701500763

The overall aim of this volume is to investigate the impact of new information and communications technologies (ICTs), in particular the Internet, upon parliamentary democracy in Europe. Through a comparative study of four parliaments (the British, E... Read More about The Internet and Parliamentary Democracy in Europe: a comparative study of the ethics of political communication in the digital age.

TeleCities : a new geography of governance? : an institutional, relational and scalar analysis of a transnational network (2006)
Thesis
Hewitson, A. (2006). TeleCities : a new geography of governance? : an institutional, relational and scalar analysis of a transnational network. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4217959

In recent years there has been a steady rise in the amount of cities engaing in collaborative transnational networking. Perceived as a valid response to the threats of globalisation and the internationalisation of the economy, cities have formulated... Read More about TeleCities : a new geography of governance? : an institutional, relational and scalar analysis of a transnational network.