Correction to: Issue Voting and Government Responsiveness to Policy Preferences

Political Behavior -     

政府治理数字化的时代课题探讨

数字化时代开启了政府治理方式的转型与变革。数字化力求政府治理理念、流程管控与运行机制的全面革新,力求以智能计算为政府治理现代化提供技术支撑与科学依据。当前,我国政府治理数字化仍存在新的数字技术与政府架构体系的适配风险、数字化政府治理与公众参与的效能差异、数字鸿沟的非正义性与数据精度失真引发决策风险等现实问题。政府治理现代化的实现要正视数字化技术的影响,以数字化作为目标和路径。为此,政府治理数字化要积极化解数字化技术与政府架构之间的适配风险,推动多元主体的数字化协同治理与良性互动,通过跨界合作实现技术与治理领域的有效沟通。     

Determinants of Firm‐Level Lobbying and Government Responsiveness in Agricultural Biotechnology in China

Understanding what stimulates agribusiness firms to lobby the government and what makes the government responsive to lobbying are the two issues that have been discussed extensively in the debates concerning determinants of biotechnology policy. This paper examines the factors influencing agribusiness firms' lobbying and government response using econometric modeling on a new data set of 160 leading agribusiness firms in the food, feed, chemical, and seed industries in China. The results show that approximately 10% of agribusiness firms lobbied the government about biotechnology policy and regulations and over half of those that lobbied received a verbal or written acknowledgment from government agencies. Seed and feed companies are more likely to engage in lobbying than chemical companies. Owning GM patents not only has a positive impact on firms' lobbying activities, but firms with these patents are more likely to receive a government response to their lobbying efforts. The experience of selling GM products does not significantly influence lobbying activities or response from the government.     

Digital Government: A Primer and Professional Perspectives

Digital technology is a critical enabler of public administration reforms. It can improve the efficiency and productivity of government agencies and allow citizens to transact with government anytime, anywhere. It can also deepen the democratic process, empowering citizens to participate in policy formulation. In this article Andrew Botros, the director of Expressive Engineering, and Maria Katsonis, from the Department of Premier and Cabinet (Victoria), explore the challenges of the digital world for the public sector. Katsonis presents a primer on digital government tracing its evolution from the e‐government movement of the 1990s to Government 2.0 in the 2000s to today's digital‐by‐default agenda. As technology and its role in public sector reform have progressed, so too have the governance, cultural, and leadership challenges deepened. Botros examines NSW approach to open innovation with the Premier's Innovation Initiative in NSW, the state's open data experience, and Transport for NSW and its management of public transport data. He argues NSW's approach involves a significant innovation trade‐off, requiring fresh thinking in digital‐era collaboration.