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ISBN 10: 0367584417

ISBN 13: 9780367584412

Author: Xufeng Zhu

Since the reform and opening-up policy was implemented in China, consultations have been increasingly carried out during the policy-making process. This often involves experts, many of whom are based in think-tanks or similar institutions. The degree of access to the policy-making process varies, and consequently some experts influence the policy-making process significantly and others not. This book explores how experts in China engage with the policy-making process and the circumstances, which affect how far they are able to influence policy-making.

The Politics of Expertise in China 1st Table of contents:

Chapter 1: Introduction
Puzzles on expert involvement
Relevant theoretical issues
Theory on knowledge utilisation
Expert involvement theory
Theory on citizen participation
Study on the policy process in China
Chinese stakeholders
A new perspective: expert involvement theory based on policy changes
Basic model for expert behaviours
Attributes of policy changes
Research design and comparative cases
Notes

Chapter 2: Outside-in Enlightenment
Urban medical and healthcare system
The first stage: exploring methods to improve the economic management of hospitals (from 1979)
The second stage: exploring the direction of marketisation (1990s)
The third stage: the leading role of the socialist market economy (1996–2005)
The fourth stage: a new round of medical reforms (from 2005–the present)
Stakeholder analysis
Official stakeholders
Expert involvement with outside-in enlightenment
Experts promoted their agenda via outside-in enlightenment
‘9 + 1’ alternatives by research institutes
Different views of experts
The new medical reform programme under balanced views
Notes

Chapter 3: Linear Consultation
Rural cooperative medical care system
Development history of cooperative medical care in China
Implementation instance of the NCMS in China since 2004
Stakeholder analysis
Involvement of relevant agencies
Interests of related participants
Embeddedness of the stakeholders
Expert involvement with linear consultation
Notes

Chapter 4: Locked-out
Policy on affordable housing
Evolution of the affordable housing policy (1998–2009)
Problems during the implementation of the affordable housing policy
Policy innovation in various regions
Stakeholder analysis
Disagreements between the central and local governments
Commercial banks
Real estate developers
Staff of government agencies, SOEs, and public institutions
Mid- and low-income families
Expert involvement of being ‘locked-out’
Controversies on the system design
Dispute on the property system with affordable housing replaced by rental housing
Suggestion to increase the central government’s financial support
Brief summary: why did experts attempt nothing and (therefore) accomplish nothing?
New affordable housing policy of 2008
Notes

Chapter 5: Civic Activism
Detention and repatriation system
Background for establishing the D&R system
Problems that emerged during the implementation of the D&R system
Repeatedly unsuccessful attempts made by experts to suggest improvements
The Sun Zhigang Incident and expert involvement through civic activism
The Sun Zhigang Incident
Strategy of ‘civic activism’ taken by experts
Opening of the policy window: official responses from the authorities
Discussion on other competing interpretations
Case on the common criteria for physical examination during the recruitment of civil servants
Institutionalisation of the constitutionality review
Case comparison
Other cases on the model of civic activism
The Deng Yujiao Incident
The Qian Yunhui Incident
Using microblogging to crack down on kidnapping to rescue young mendicants
The ‘Free Lunch Plan’ for students in poor rural areas
Case comparison
Notes

Chapter 6: Conclusion
Summary of the comparison of the policy-change cases
Conclusion and discussion
Approach leading to scientific and democratic policy-making
Suggestions for experts
Recommendations for policy makers
Notes

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