A5023972973- Public Policy and Administration Research
- China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance
- International Development and Aid
- Local Government Finance and Decentralization
- Social Policy and Reform Studies
- Nonprofit Sector and Volunteering
- Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences
- Healthcare innovation and challenges
- Social Capital and Networks
- E-Government and Public Services
- Global Peace and Security Dynamics
- Chinese history and philosophy
- Religion, Society, and Development
- Policy Transfer and Learning
- Evaluation and Performance Assessment
- Conflict of Laws and Jurisdiction
- Public-Private Partnership Projects
- International Law and Aviation
- Homelessness and Social Issues
- Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare
- Financial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis
- Labor Movements and Unions
- China's Ethnic Minorities and Relations
- Political Influence and Corporate Strategies
- Innovative Approaches in Technology and Social Development
Fudan University
2015-2024
Global Public Policy Institute
2024
School of International Relations
2023
University of Birmingham
2022
University of International Relations
2018-2021
Nanjing University of Science and Technology
2021
University of Jinan
2021
Zhengzhou University
2018
Louisiana State University
2007
The Ohio State University
2005
Continuous economic reform and social development have induced forced the Chinese government to adjust its strategies towards non-profit development. Enhanced state capacities, emergent legitimacy of organisations, genuine demand for partners, public management modernisation other factors not only enriched "control" mandate by introducing persuasive means, but also driven become a major empowering force Advanced local governments in China take lead adopting mixed control empowerment forge...
Summary Social service contracting between governments and nonprofit organizations has received increasing popularity in China aroused enthusiasm engaging governance issues. This study argues that contracting, driven by New Public Management tenets, may unexpectedly evolve toward collaborative (CG) creating consolidating necessary conditions of CG. Practices Shanghai present evidence nonprofits jointly make decisions, enforce regulatory functions, set rules, improve community governance. The...
Abstract China's financial contributions to the United Nations have increased in tandem with its growing economic might. However, their composition differs from that of other large (Western) contributors, being predominantly made up mandatory fees and a much lesser degree voluntary core earmarked contributions. What types power does China seek exercise through these different funding modalities? This article uses conceptual framework developed by Barnett Duvall answer this question. We argue...
Successful adoption of collaborative service delivery requires that governments develop better capacity to handle potential pitfalls. In this essay, Yijia Jing Fudan University and E. S. Savas the City New York provide a framework compares contrasts management practices in China America. Both nations favor engage it extensively. Can China’s state‐affiliated strategy United States’ competition‐oriented both work effectively? Such distinct systems, embedded vastly different socioeconomic...
In recent years, a model of ‘managed social innovation’ seems to be emerging in China where local governments take the lead generating and implementing new citizen‐oriented products, processes, services; central government has embraced such innovative activities as part its high profile ‘harmonious society’ strategy. The aim is not only accommodate but also promote craft civil society initiatives. However, questions remain why have actively engineered innovations how what extent they can...
ABSTRACT Local governments in China have adopted competitive contracting social service delivery to restructure burgeoning government–nonprofit collaborations. The stated purpose of using is forge formal, effective, and accountable collaborative relations. By applying institutional, transaction cost, resource dependence theories China's context, we reveal the institutional pressures adopting a policy identify challenges economizing costs handling mutual its implementation. We find prevalence...
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Summary For more than six decades, Public Administration and Development has witnessed the way practitioners' scholars' understanding of public administration for development evolved. This issue objective reviewing general trends knowledge gaps pinpointing new research topics. Several key aspects were discussed in ‘Symposium on Development: Trends Way Forward’. It was held at Fudan University Shanghai May–June 2014 to celebrate 65th anniversary journal. opening essay captures global trends,...
Abstract The increasing demands for public services, growing resource externalisation and decentralisation have driven Chinese governments to seek alternative means of service delivery. This article addresses the largely ignored outsourcing practice in China. Lack awareness research on widespread was a result conceptual barriers created by China's economic transition its choice incremental reform path. By decomposing national fiscal expenditures, finds that from 2002 2004, accounted about...
This special issue argues for the applicability of conceptual framework Multi-Level Governance to political–administrative regime China, provided significant adaptations and qualifications are developed. The application China enables account global influences as well involvement non-governmental actors in public policy making. More radically, we suggest this introductory article that development may be interpreted a way enhancing societal legitimacy political under conditions new...
The COVID-19 pandemic has imposed a challenge to state capacities on all countries of the world and genuine test their abilities opportunity management. In comparison, China managed promptly get under effective control firmly enhanced domestic support for government. This article argues that China’s successful management was shaped by its institutional settings, governing structures, actor strategies. While noncompetitive regime, unitary government, performance legitimacy, high citizen trust...
AbstractAbstractThe role of societal culture affecting bureaucratic processes is often suspected and asserted, but seldom researched in comparative ways. This article provides a general framework systematic, evidence showing values permeating organizational practices relating to performance. study examines effects work ethic, group belonging, followership survey public managers South Korea, Mainland China, Taiwan, Malaysia, India, the United States. Results show (i) having foremost indirect...
ABSTRACT This symposium explores collaborative governance in Mainland China and Hong Kong across an array of different goods services, including local community national disaster insurance, social sustainable development. Past research demonstrates that can be imposed, induced, or organically created. According to this symposium's four pieces, all three dynamics are play influencing activity the delivery these services China. In introductory essay we begin by highlighting major contributions...
Abstract Innovation in public administration (PA) has played a pivotal role building good governance and attracted significant attention the academia. The literature on PA innovation is burgeoning; however, this article argues that there ‘a missing link’ extant impacts of variation context have not been sufficiently investigated. This elaborates analytical perspectives influences various contexts over mechanisms through which may take place. Both theoretical methodological complexities...
Despite a consistent task to balance political, managerial, and legal values, China’s civil service reform in the past three decades demonstrated paradigmatic shift from conflict-oriented harmony-oriented model. The 2005 Civil Service Law highlighted effort institutionalize coexistence of competing values. Such was justified by, besides changed path political reform, contextual factors including convergence strategy decoupling, validated advantages unified system. An examination post-2005...
The Asia-Pacific region is known for examples of public managers taking initiative addressing large challenges and opportunities, but recent concerns are that leadership greatly reduced in the new democratic media-conscious era. Comparative data from South Korea, Mainland China, Taiwan, Malaysia, United States, India, Brazil, Chile show perceptions strong executive similar to those States (respectively 40% 35%). Perceived greater stable, one-party regimes (Malaysia, China), than have party...
Multi-Level Governance engages players from multiple levels of governments and sectors for better governance results. This paper argues that private actors may take a collaborative approach to facilitate intergovernmental policy making implementation. Specifically, the rise sector economy in China has engendered interests opportunities resourceful link fragmented system. Using China's “Internet + ” national strategy as case, finds internet firms, by adopting strategies like mediating,...