Comparison of Policy Experiments: Practices in Asia |
| |
Authors: | Xufeng Zhu Youlang Zhang |
| |
Institution: | 1. School of Public Policy and Management, Tsinghua University , Beijing, China;2. zhuxufeng@tsinghua.edu.cn https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8446-1183;4. School of Public Administration and Policy, Renmin University of China , Beijing, China https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3177-8627 |
| |
Abstract: | Abstract Policy experimentation has become a global trend in recent decades. The dynamics of policy experiments in Western countries have been extensively investigated, whereas those in non-Western contexts have not. The latter is theoretically relevant in testing the generalizability of existing theoretical arguments and provides opportunities for developing new theories, and practically relevant given that academic research could provide scientific evidence that facilitates the decision-making of practitioners. This introduction summarizes six articles that examine the practices of policy experiments in Asia and identify multiple patterns of policy experimentation, such as policy laboratories, policy syntheses, and proportionate policy responses. Particularly, evidence drawn from China, India, and Singapore suggests that policy experiments tend to fit the characteristics and scale of the policy problem and the risks or uncertainty of the policy environment. |
| |
Keywords: | policy experiment Asia comparative policy analysis |
|
|