rachel e. stern

Refereed Articles and Book Chapters

"From Dispute to Decision: Suing Polluters in China," China Quarterly (forthcoming). Please email me for a copy.

"On the Frontlines: Making Decisions in Chinese Civil Environmental Lawsuits," Law & Policy 32:1 (January 2010), pp. 79-103. download (see a Wall Street Journal blog post about this article here)

"Studying Contention in Contemporary China," (with Kevin J. O'Brien) in Popular Protest in China (Harvard University Press: 2008). download

"Unpacking Adaptation: The Female Inheritance Movement in Hong Kong,” Mobilization 10:3 (October 2005), pp. 421-439. download

"The Female Inheritance Movement in Hong Kong: Theorizing the Local/Global Interface,” (with Sally Engle Merry) Current Anthropology 46:3 (June 2005), pp. 387-408. download

“Hong Kong Haze: Air Pollution as a Social Class Issue,” Asian Survey XLIII (September/October 2003), pp. 780-800. download

Working Papers

"Amplyfying Repression: Uncertainty and Control Parables in China" (with Jonathan Hassid). Please email me for a copy.

Other Articles and Policy Briefs

Evaluation of China’s Energy Strategy Options (with Jonathan E. Sinton, Nathaniel T. Aden and Mark D. Levine) (Berkeley: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 2005). download

“One Country, Two Systems, One Smog: Cross-Boundary Air Pollution: Policy Issues for Hong Kong and Guangdong,” (with Lisa Hopkinson) China Environment Series 6 (2003), pp. 19-36. download

Wild But Not Free: An Economic Valuation of the Benefits of Nature Conservation in Hong Kong (with Lisa Hopkinson) (Hong Kong: Civic Exchange, 2002). download

Addressing Cross-Boundary Air Pollution: A Comparative Case Study (Hong Kong: Civic Exchange, 2001). download