Policy Studies during an age of uncertainty

James, Toby S.

doi:10.1080/01442872.2021.1842130

“…The world is living through an age of uncertainty (James 2021). New (and old) challenges such as the rapid spread of epidemiological diseases across borders, climate change, war, shifting global alliances, technological transformation and population movements have put systems of governance and public administration under pressure around the globe.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Policy Studies aims to bring a broad approach to policy analysis that covers the power politics and governance that shapes policy, the public administration systems that deliver policy and what works in solving emerging and wicked policy problems (James 2021). These issues and the papers that form this special issue overlap, but they can broadly be mapped under these themes.…”

Section: This Issuementioning

confidence: 99%

Governance and public administration in China

Liu

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James

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Man

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2022

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Pressing new (and old) challenges have put systems of governance and public administration under pressure around the globe. In this era, there is an ever greater need to globalise academic knowledge and learn from divergent systems. China has traditionally been held up as a suis generis exemplar of a particular mode of governance. An updated understanding of modern China and Chinese research on public administration stands to enrich the discipline by challenging old myths and assumptions or by empirically demonstrating some enduring features. G geopolitical significance, it is also an important focus of study. This article outlines the key features of the Chinese system of government, governance and public administration. It maps the contours of the evolution of the study of public administration in China from the start of the twentieth century to a more mature and globally connected discipline in the present day. It also summarises articles in this volume which shed new light on power, governance and public administration in modern China. They also provide new insights into governance and public administration theory. The volume shows that China has seen some localisation and decentralisation, alongside experiments with collaboration and networked based policy making. However, the system of governance and public administration remains innately top-down and centralised with the center holding strong policy levers and control over society. As the pandemic revealed, this statist approach provided both governing opportunities and disadvantages.

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Labour market policies during an age of uncertainty

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2021

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Governance and Public Administration in China

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Man³

2022

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Pressing new (and old) challenges have put systems of governance and public administration under pressure around the globe. In this era, there is an ever greater need to globalise academic knowledge and learn from divergent systems. China has traditionally been held up as a suis generis exemplar of a particular mode of governance. An updated understanding of modern China and Chinese research on public administration stands to enrich the discipline by challenging old myths and assumptions or by empirically demonstrating some enduring features. G geopolitical significance, it is also an important focus of study. This article outlines the key features of the Chinese system of government, governance and public administration. It maps the contours of the evolution of the study of public administration in China from the start of the twentieth century to a more mature and globally connected discipline in the present day. It also summarises articles in this volume which shed new light on power, governance and public administration in modern China. They also provide new insights into governance and public administration theory. The volume shows that China has seen some localisation and decentralisation, alongside experiments with collaboration and networked based policy making. However, the system of governance and public administration remains innately top-down and centralised with the center holding strong policy levers and control over society. As the pandemic revealed, this statist approach provided both governing opportunities and disadvantages.

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Policy Studies during an age of uncertainty

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