Pub Date : 2021-11-23DOI: 10.1080/17516234.2021.2007565
Xu Lian, Weiguo Zhang, Yong-fang Jia, Yidan Zhu
ABSTRACT Taking a remote village in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region as a case study, this paper discusses how coordinated mobilization constructed a temporary grassroots-level emergency order in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. The study reveals that the temporary emergency order was established through a combination of state power, villagers’ understanding of the infection risks of the coronavirus, and village self-management traditions. It finds that party members, elites, and villagers made a coordinated effort to mobilize and fight Covid-19. The paper concludes the state can effectively mobilize loosely-knit rural communities to face major risks such as the Covid-19 pandemic.
{"title":"Fighting Covid-19 in rural communities: coordinated mobilization and reconstruction of community order in a village in Northern China","authors":"Xu Lian, Weiguo Zhang, Yong-fang Jia, Yidan Zhu","doi":"10.1080/17516234.2021.2007565","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17516234.2021.2007565","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Taking a remote village in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region as a case study, this paper discusses how coordinated mobilization constructed a temporary grassroots-level emergency order in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. The study reveals that the temporary emergency order was established through a combination of state power, villagers’ understanding of the infection risks of the coronavirus, and village self-management traditions. It finds that party members, elites, and villagers made a coordinated effort to mobilize and fight Covid-19. The paper concludes the state can effectively mobilize loosely-knit rural communities to face major risks such as the Covid-19 pandemic.","PeriodicalId":45051,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Asian Public Policy","volume":"113 1","pages":"161 - 181"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2021-11-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73129657","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-11-22DOI: 10.1080/17516234.2021.2007210
Noe John Joseph E. Sacramento, P. Boossabong
ABSTRACT Strengthened by rigorous developments in foundational principles and methods, the technocratic-vs-deliberative debate has long lapsed in policy analysis discourse. We attempt to remedy this debate by illustrating the case of Fah Ham smart city planning in Chiang Mai, Thailand. We argue that the assimilation of both technocratic and deliberative modes is feasible in policy analysis, which in turn makes policy-making process more productive. Utilizing participatory action research, we mainly observed and recorded the events. Certain assimilation points take place, which in gist, makes policy analysis successful. Embarking from the case’s illustration, it accentuates inclusivity should be safeguarded in policy analysis.
{"title":"Technocratic and deliberative nexus in policy analysis: Learning from smart city planning in Chiang Mai, Thailand","authors":"Noe John Joseph E. Sacramento, P. Boossabong","doi":"10.1080/17516234.2021.2007210","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17516234.2021.2007210","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Strengthened by rigorous developments in foundational principles and methods, the technocratic-vs-deliberative debate has long lapsed in policy analysis discourse. We attempt to remedy this debate by illustrating the case of Fah Ham smart city planning in Chiang Mai, Thailand. We argue that the assimilation of both technocratic and deliberative modes is feasible in policy analysis, which in turn makes policy-making process more productive. Utilizing participatory action research, we mainly observed and recorded the events. Certain assimilation points take place, which in gist, makes policy analysis successful. Embarking from the case’s illustration, it accentuates inclusivity should be safeguarded in policy analysis.","PeriodicalId":45051,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Asian Public Policy","volume":"25 1","pages":"271 - 287"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2021-11-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87641596","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-11-07DOI: 10.1080/17516234.2021.1996868
Jisoo Kim, J. Shim, Ji Hyung Park
ABSTRACT The application of the procedural justice theory is absent from our understanding of environmental policies, particularly in the process of nuclear policy decisions. We explore the relationship between citizen participation and policy acceptance of nuclear facilities by considering community conflict and governmental trustworthiness in the case of South Korea. This study used data collected from citizens who live in the areas where nuclear plants are situated. The results showed that citizen participation may be a predictor of enhanced governmental trustworthiness. Moreover, community members with higher levels of governmental trustworthiness are more likely to allow the construction of additional nuclear plants.
{"title":"Exploring the role of citizen participation in the policy acceptance process: the case of Korean nuclear facilities","authors":"Jisoo Kim, J. Shim, Ji Hyung Park","doi":"10.1080/17516234.2021.1996868","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17516234.2021.1996868","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The application of the procedural justice theory is absent from our understanding of environmental policies, particularly in the process of nuclear policy decisions. We explore the relationship between citizen participation and policy acceptance of nuclear facilities by considering community conflict and governmental trustworthiness in the case of South Korea. This study used data collected from citizens who live in the areas where nuclear plants are situated. The results showed that citizen participation may be a predictor of enhanced governmental trustworthiness. Moreover, community members with higher levels of governmental trustworthiness are more likely to allow the construction of additional nuclear plants.","PeriodicalId":45051,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Asian Public Policy","volume":"7 1","pages":"404 - 425"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2021-11-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76284443","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-11-01DOI: 10.1080/17516234.2021.1998947
K. Fu
ABSTRACT Recently, participatory budgeting (PB) has received widespread attention and has been widely adopted and implemented all over the world. Although the vast part of the literature on PB demonstrates the international prestige and diffusion of PB as a research object, little attention has been paid to understanding the endogenous factors that affect PB’s functioning and outcomes achieved or the way in which it limits success. The purpose of this paper is to contribute to the growing debate by exploring how PB, as a democratic governance tool, has been translated within the public sector. Based on a policy translation framework, this study focuses on Taipei City in Taiwan, which was the pioneer to initiate experiments towards PB. Using several data sources, including personal involvement of PB programmes, document analysis and in-depth interviews with experts, policy planners, and council members, a closer analysis of how the translation took place in Taipei City could help to identify mechanisms underlying the PB construction in practice.
{"title":"Translating participatory budgeting into an administrative system: the case of Taipei City","authors":"K. Fu","doi":"10.1080/17516234.2021.1998947","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17516234.2021.1998947","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Recently, participatory budgeting (PB) has received widespread attention and has been widely adopted and implemented all over the world. Although the vast part of the literature on PB demonstrates the international prestige and diffusion of PB as a research object, little attention has been paid to understanding the endogenous factors that affect PB’s functioning and outcomes achieved or the way in which it limits success. The purpose of this paper is to contribute to the growing debate by exploring how PB, as a democratic governance tool, has been translated within the public sector. Based on a policy translation framework, this study focuses on Taipei City in Taiwan, which was the pioneer to initiate experiments towards PB. Using several data sources, including personal involvement of PB programmes, document analysis and in-depth interviews with experts, policy planners, and council members, a closer analysis of how the translation took place in Taipei City could help to identify mechanisms underlying the PB construction in practice.","PeriodicalId":45051,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Asian Public Policy","volume":"33 1","pages":"312 - 331"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2021-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80889179","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-11-01DOI: 10.1080/17516234.2021.1998948
Christopher L. Atkinson, Mandy L. Mahaffey
ABSTRACT The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has historically relied upon state-centred approaches to governance. However, there have been a number of instances where ASEAN has sought to shift to, or at least signal value in, people-centred approaches to governance. Notably, there is a range of approaches within ASEAN nations towards human rights. This paper considers people-centred and public-participation initiatives in ASEAN conceptually, and analyses the potential to realize the goals contained in policy ideals as stated by ASEAN. The rhetoric of people-centrism serves more as gaslighting than real opportunity for people to impact public discourse and the region’s future.
{"title":"Forging ahead or falling behind: the state of public participation in a ‘people-centred’ ASEAN","authors":"Christopher L. Atkinson, Mandy L. Mahaffey","doi":"10.1080/17516234.2021.1998948","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17516234.2021.1998948","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has historically relied upon state-centred approaches to governance. However, there have been a number of instances where ASEAN has sought to shift to, or at least signal value in, people-centred approaches to governance. Notably, there is a range of approaches within ASEAN nations towards human rights. This paper considers people-centred and public-participation initiatives in ASEAN conceptually, and analyses the potential to realize the goals contained in policy ideals as stated by ASEAN. The rhetoric of people-centrism serves more as gaslighting than real opportunity for people to impact public discourse and the region’s future.","PeriodicalId":45051,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Asian Public Policy","volume":"99 1","pages":"332 - 349"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2021-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82354199","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-10-28DOI: 10.1080/17516234.2021.1996869
Wei Zhang, Mingyang Zhang, Ling Yuan, Fengchun Fan
ABSTRACT As a mature paradigm of network analysis, social network analysis (SNA) is suitable for exploring complicated and interactive relationships in policy research and is of great significance to the innovation and development of public policy research. In this paper, 45 typical articles published in high-ranking journals in the field of public administration were analysed using co-word analysis and qualitative analysis. The application of SNA in public policy studies, including research methods, analytic tools, and basic concepts of network analysis, were systematically reviewed. UCINET software was used to visualize the knowledge network of research topics. The main research topics were classified into five categories: agenda setting, policy network, advocacy coalition, policy learning and diffusion, policy implementation. Finally, this article suggests that network analysis in public administration should be thoroughly re-examined; in particular, scholars should consider the benefits of SNA for public policy research. In the application of SNA to public policy research, it is necessary to broaden the study perspective and scope, further strengthen interdisciplinary theoretical interaction and theoretical innovation, and take advantage of big data and other new technological tools that can develop giant network analysis for public policy.
{"title":"Social network analysis and public policy: what’s new?","authors":"Wei Zhang, Mingyang Zhang, Ling Yuan, Fengchun Fan","doi":"10.1080/17516234.2021.1996869","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17516234.2021.1996869","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT As a mature paradigm of network analysis, social network analysis (SNA) is suitable for exploring complicated and interactive relationships in policy research and is of great significance to the innovation and development of public policy research. In this paper, 45 typical articles published in high-ranking journals in the field of public administration were analysed using co-word analysis and qualitative analysis. The application of SNA in public policy studies, including research methods, analytic tools, and basic concepts of network analysis, were systematically reviewed. UCINET software was used to visualize the knowledge network of research topics. The main research topics were classified into five categories: agenda setting, policy network, advocacy coalition, policy learning and diffusion, policy implementation. Finally, this article suggests that network analysis in public administration should be thoroughly re-examined; in particular, scholars should consider the benefits of SNA for public policy research. In the application of SNA to public policy research, it is necessary to broaden the study perspective and scope, further strengthen interdisciplinary theoretical interaction and theoretical innovation, and take advantage of big data and other new technological tools that can develop giant network analysis for public policy.","PeriodicalId":45051,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Asian Public Policy","volume":"14 1","pages":"115 - 145"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2021-10-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82098664","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-10-14DOI: 10.1080/17516234.2021.1991254
Zejin Liu, S. Van de Walle
ABSTRACT This article investigates the factors that account for variation in the use of policy instruments for steering NPOs across Chinese provinces. Drawing on instrument choice theory, this article advances a theoretical framework that links government capacity and contextual complexity to variation in government instrument choice. Pooling five-year data from 26 Chinese provinces, two panel regression models are estimated to examine the variation in provinces’ use of regulatory and incentive instruments for steering NPOs. The findings indicate that provinces’ use of these two categories of policy instruments is not predetermined but bounded by their own government resources and external contextual factors.
{"title":"What determines the government’s policy instrument choice for steering nonprofit organizations? The role of government capacity and contextual complexity","authors":"Zejin Liu, S. Van de Walle","doi":"10.1080/17516234.2021.1991254","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17516234.2021.1991254","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT This article investigates the factors that account for variation in the use of policy instruments for steering NPOs across Chinese provinces. Drawing on instrument choice theory, this article advances a theoretical framework that links government capacity and contextual complexity to variation in government instrument choice. Pooling five-year data from 26 Chinese provinces, two panel regression models are estimated to examine the variation in provinces’ use of regulatory and incentive instruments for steering NPOs. The findings indicate that provinces’ use of these two categories of policy instruments is not predetermined but bounded by their own government resources and external contextual factors.","PeriodicalId":45051,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Asian Public Policy","volume":"40 1","pages":"182 - 198"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2021-10-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77465246","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-09-08DOI: 10.1080/17516234.2021.1976983
N. Pun, Shuheng Jin, Haocheng Yang
ABSTRACT The COVID-19 pandemic engenders unemployment risks globally and locally. Reflectively engaging in Beck's risk society debates, this paper critically reviews the discursive effects of „risks“ when employed by the government in debates about unemployment insurance since the 1997 sovereignty handover. We break down the concept of risk into four layers: moral risk, financial risk, socio-economic risk and political risk and bring to light the contradictory outcomes that colour the nuanced attitudes among the state, the NGOs and the affected subjects.
{"title":"A city of exceptional risks? A critical policy analysis of Hong Kong unemployment insurance","authors":"N. Pun, Shuheng Jin, Haocheng Yang","doi":"10.1080/17516234.2021.1976983","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17516234.2021.1976983","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The COVID-19 pandemic engenders unemployment risks globally and locally. Reflectively engaging in Beck's risk society debates, this paper critically reviews the discursive effects of „risks“ when employed by the government in debates about unemployment insurance since the 1997 sovereignty handover. We break down the concept of risk into four layers: moral risk, financial risk, socio-economic risk and political risk and bring to light the contradictory outcomes that colour the nuanced attitudes among the state, the NGOs and the affected subjects.","PeriodicalId":45051,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Asian Public Policy","volume":"44 1","pages":"221 - 236"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2021-09-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80644379","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-09-08DOI: 10.1080/17516234.2021.1976984
Yuhua Wang, Fox Zhiyong Hu
ABSTRACT This paper is aimed at exploring whether high housing prices constitute a boon or a bane for entrepreneurship in Chinese cities. Drawing upon a panel dataset for Chinese cities at the prefectural level and above for the period 2003 to 2016, this paper identifies an inverted U-shape pattern of association between housing price and urban entrepreneurship. It also finds significant inter-city housing price spillovers in first-tier urban agglomerations in which a housing price surge in first-tier cities has an inverted U-shape relationship with entrepreneurship in surrounding cities. The empirical results of this study act as a reminder to Chinese policy makers to adopt a cautious and balanced attitude towards the development of the real estate market and have important policy implications for the planning and governance of mega urban agglomerations in China.
{"title":"Housing market booms in Chinese cities: boon or bane for urban entrepreneurship?","authors":"Yuhua Wang, Fox Zhiyong Hu","doi":"10.1080/17516234.2021.1976984","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17516234.2021.1976984","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT This paper is aimed at exploring whether high housing prices constitute a boon or a bane for entrepreneurship in Chinese cities. Drawing upon a panel dataset for Chinese cities at the prefectural level and above for the period 2003 to 2016, this paper identifies an inverted U-shape pattern of association between housing price and urban entrepreneurship. It also finds significant inter-city housing price spillovers in first-tier urban agglomerations in which a housing price surge in first-tier cities has an inverted U-shape relationship with entrepreneurship in surrounding cities. The empirical results of this study act as a reminder to Chinese policy makers to adopt a cautious and balanced attitude towards the development of the real estate market and have important policy implications for the planning and governance of mega urban agglomerations in China.","PeriodicalId":45051,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Asian Public Policy","volume":"47 1","pages":"199 - 220"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2021-09-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82248306","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-08-29DOI: 10.1080/17516234.2021.1972778
G. Arat, L. Jordan, C. Chui, P. Wong
ABSTRACT An empirically driven consolidated framework is needed to help navigate the development of social inclusion of South Asian and Southeast Asian ethnic minorities in Hong Kong. A qualitative pilot study with 11 individuals, who were social service providers and religious and ethnic community leaders from diverse ethnic backgrounds, was conducted to collect their perceptions of how existing policies affect the social integration of ethnic minorities and propose policy implications in Hong Kong. Thematic analysis was conducted suggesting two broad themes: 1) integration of social harmony and social justice, and 2) articulation of participation in political process and policymaking.
{"title":"Developing a conceptual framework towards promoting a socially inclusive Hong Kong","authors":"G. Arat, L. Jordan, C. Chui, P. Wong","doi":"10.1080/17516234.2021.1972778","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17516234.2021.1972778","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT An empirically driven consolidated framework is needed to help navigate the development of social inclusion of South Asian and Southeast Asian ethnic minorities in Hong Kong. A qualitative pilot study with 11 individuals, who were social service providers and religious and ethnic community leaders from diverse ethnic backgrounds, was conducted to collect their perceptions of how existing policies affect the social integration of ethnic minorities and propose policy implications in Hong Kong. Thematic analysis was conducted suggesting two broad themes: 1) integration of social harmony and social justice, and 2) articulation of participation in political process and policymaking.","PeriodicalId":45051,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Asian Public Policy","volume":"34 1","pages":"237 - 253"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2021-08-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81704349","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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