Inter-regional diffusion of policy innovation in China: A comparative case study

Classic theoretical research on the diffusion of policy innovation is usually based on decentralized democratic regimes. However, in authoritarian centralized countries such as China, questions such as, ‘What are the driving forces and the structural dynamics behind local government policy innovation and inter-regional diffusion?’ and ‘How do the governmental structural factors lead to the different patterns of diffusion of policy innovation across local governments?’ are interesting research topics. The theoretical framework proposed in this study highlights the roles of the contingent vertical and horizontal governmental relations in innovation diffusion. I extract two key properties: vertical mandatory intervention from the central government and horizontal political competition among peer governments. This research uses four models to develop a new typology of the inter-regional diffusion of policy innovation in China: (1) the enlightenment model, (2) the championship model, (3) the designation model, and (4) the recognition model. A comparative case study is conducted in this research, with four policy cases showing that China has developed diversified mechanisms to encourage local governments to perform policy innovation and inter-regional diffusion.     

Environmental advocacy: insights from East Asia

Environmental advocacy in East Asia takes place in a context where there are few well-funded professional advocacy organizations, no viable green parties, and governments that are highly pro-business. In this advocacy-hostile environment, what strategies are environmental organizations using to promote better environmental outcomes? Using an original database of environmental organizations and interviews with activists and officials throughout the region, this paper investigates which strategies are most common, and compares them to the advocacy strategies found in the United States. It finds, perhaps surprisingly, that (a) environmental organizations across East Asia employ similar advocacy strategies, even though they are operating in very different political conditions, and (b) the strategies most favoured in East Asia are also the strategies most often utilized in the United States. It then argues that new theories of advocacy should be developed to pay closer attention to certain actors (academics and artists), and particular processes (organizational networking, government collaboration, and culture-making), that appear to play important roles in advocacy in countries around the world, irrespective of political context.     

跨域生态环境治理的府际合作研究——基于京津冀地区海河治理政策文本的量化分析

生态环境治理效益具有强外溢性,必然求地方政府打破"行政区行政"及"部门利益梗阻",达成政府间合作.对海河流域水污染治理政策文本的量化分析,有助于研究跨域生态环境治理中府际合作的推进动因、运行机制与合作效果.研究发现,海河流域治理中的府际合作网络已基本形成;在体制内行政力量和体制外利益机制的推动下,合作行动目标明确,激励...     

论作为新型治理工具的信用规制

在信息时代,我国将信用规制作为新型治理工具是两个方面的力量相互作用的结果.一方面,它以社会信用文化、法治思维和信息治理经验为基础动力;另一方面,它以扩展政府的治理边界、创新政府治理工具、提升政府的治理能力为基本动力.由于信用规制具有规制对象的广泛性、规制过程的系统性、规制取向的多维性和规制影响的持续性等,而且"黑名单"...     

蒙古国产业结构演进研究

蒙古自摆脱休克式转型带来的经济负增长以来,经济逐步复苏,进入快速、稳定增长轨道.在此过程中,其产业结构呈现升级趋势,畜牧国家特征正在消退,服务国家特征逐渐增强.但是,由于受经济转型的影响及国际市场的冲击,蒙古国产业结构的演进异于世界多数国家,呈现特例性、逆工业化、"非自律性"等特征,且产业内部结构不平衡,产业发展的资源环境约束较强.在此次金融危机影响下,蒙古经济快速下滑.因此,在今后的中蒙经济合作中,应在进一步加强中泉交通运输合作的基础上,增强中国对蒙消费产品的出口,促进中国对浆产业转移.同时,中蒙环保合作也应予以关注.     

文莱海上安全政策初探

文莱在国家经济发展高度依赖海洋油气资源的开发与出口、只能提供有限战略防卫能力等条件下,选择了主要依靠地区安全机制实现海上安全战略的途径."大国平衡"政策和"集体安全"方式是文莱维护既得海洋权益,实现海上安全的主要政策内容.     

The Silent Reform of Swiss Federalism: The New Constitutional Articles on Education

This article examines the decision‐making process leading to the new constitutional articles on education in Switzerland. It analyzes how actors from both state levels (Confederation and cantons) could reach consensus in a process that was prone to a “joint‐decision trap”. To that end, we hypothesize which factors may be conducive to a “problem‐solving” style of policy‐making in a compulsory negotiation system. Rich empirical material from various sources supports our theoretical arguments: We show that shared beliefs and a common frame of reference, the procedural separation between constitutional and distributional issues, neutral brokers, and informal structures were all beneficial to the success of the reform project.     

公共政策创新与政策生态

公共政策创新是政府应对信息化、全球化和社会转型而开展的有价值的政府行为,但政策创新的“价值”必须置于政策生态的框架下进行衡量。在政策生态视野下,政策创新研究有变量分析、过程模型、主题分析和限度分析四个角度。本文着重从主题上阐释了公共政策创新包含政策主体、政策内容、政策手段和政策过程创新四个方面,进而分析了在我国当前的政策生态下,公共政策创新应有三个限度:以市场为基础、以法律为准绳和均衡健全的政策体系。     

地方政府如何推动农业发展：日本Oita市的政策及经验解读

日本是通过宏观政策的引导使农业迅速实现现代化的典型国家。以往对日本农业政策的研究多集中于中央政策方面,本文以日本Oita市为个案,详细解读发达国家地方政府推动现代农业发展的政策举措及发展绩效,并在总结Oita市农业政策成功做法的基础上,得出发达国家成功经验对我国地方政府推动现代农业发展的借鉴意义。     

论公共政策过程中政府公关的重要性

随着市场经济的发展,公共关系引起了社会的广泛关注。把公共关系引入政治领域,人们越来越多地认识到它与公共政策有着十分密切的联系。同时,作为分支体系的政府公关则与公共政策联系更为密切。政府公关在公共政策过程中起着十分重要的作用,甚至决定着公共政策的全过程。