Civic Engagement in the Performance Evaluation of the Public Sector in China: Building horizontal accountability to enhance vertical accountability

So, Bennis Wai Yip

doi:10.1080/14719037.2013.770055

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“…The central government of China has strived to innovate public services through public-private collaboration as a means to cope with social and economic challenges and fiscal constraints (Jing & Osborne, 2017;Lin, 2016;Shieh & Schwartz, 2009). Local government officials have been given both the mandate and incentives to engage in public service innovation (So, 2014;Wu, Ma, & Yang, 2011;Zhu, 2014). Under China's authoritarian political system, however, it is imperative for local governments to ensure a certain degree of social stability and accountability of service providers.…”

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Network structure and collaborative innovation processes—A comparative analysis of two elderly service networks in Shanghai

Lam

2018

Public Admin & Development

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Summary How does the structure of government‐funded service networks affect the process of service innovation? We have conducted a comparative analysis of the structure and processes of collaborative innovation of 2 government‐funded community‐based elderly service networks in Shanghai. We have found that in consistent with the literature, a network that has a network administrative organization structure is better able to manage the process of service innovation in a way that balances the need to achieve government policy goals on the one hand and the imperative to facilitate bottom‐up citizen participation on the other. Surprisingly, contrary to what prior studies have suggested, we have found that a network in which a lead organization plays a dominant role, despite its more centralized process of service innovation, is often able to deliver a variety of high‐quality and low‐cost services addressing citizens' needs. With the leadership provided by the network lead organization and its close affiliation with the street‐office government, the network has been able to solicit government support. Such a hierarchical yet responsive state‐society relation has emerged as a result of the coalescence of a corporatist state legacy and an increasing pressure for local governments to seek citizens' support in service delivery.

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Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

Network structure and collaborative innovation processes—A comparative analysis of two elderly service networks in Shanghai

Lam

2018

Public Admin & Development

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“…Indeed, many empirical studies probing the installation of “democratic” reforms in China have suggested that assimilation has been a popular approach adopted by local reformers, which reflects their caution in pushing reforms fully toward their ideal versions. For example, in a case study based in Wuhan (China) titled “A Democratic Review of Administrative and Business Style,” So (2013) investigated a citizen-oriented performance regime promoted by the municipal government, and found that although citizens’ satisfaction with public services was included as an indicator, it only accounted for a fairly limited share of the gross evaluation score. This line of research, together with the empirical findings reported in the present study, reflect local reformers’ caution in plugging democratic practice into the institutional foundation.…”

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Evaluating the Initial Impact of a Public Management Reform: A Multiphase Mixed Methods Investigation Using Q Methodology

2019

Journal of Mixed Methods Research

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While mixed methods researchers have witnessed growing interest in Q methodology, approaches for integration into a multiphase mixed methods investigation are needed. To provide an illustrative example, I present a theoretically guided multiphase mixed methods evaluation of the impact of public management reform. The evaluation focuses on the introduction of happiness indices into Chinese local government. This study is novel because it combines a broad array of methods to investigate how the ambitious idea of happiness indices has influenced local practice. A unique contribution of this article lies in its integration of Q methodology into multiphase mixed methods design for evaluating the reform’s impact.

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“…Developing countries need taxes to gross domestic product (GDP), so they make policies to attract investors. Land prices in China are used as an important instrument for attracting investors, with local governments desiring highly developed land finance systems (Anisimov & Ryzhenkov, 2017; So, 2014). Affordable land attracts long-term investors.…”

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confidence: 99%

What Limits the Benefits of Land-Lost Farmers in Chinese Courts? An Investigation of Chinese Land Acquisition and Resettlement Cases in the Yangtze River Delta

Zhou

Bao

2021

Sage Open

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Due to China’s rapid urbanization, the growing presence of land-lost farmers in land acquisition and resettlement (LAR) cases has led to major practical and academic concerns. However, few studies have focused on administration policy restrictions and how they affect land-lost farmers in Chinese courts for land resources. Based on the quantitative analysis and case studies involving 2,242 administrative LAR cases, this interdisciplinary work examines how administrative bureaucracy affects public departments’ ability to win in court. The findings of this study are twofold. First, in the relationship of Tiao, public departments at the top of the hierarchy can use administration policies to screen conflicts, which can increase the win rate of LAR cases. Second, in the relationship of Kuai, authorities’ relationships limit the investment in administration policies, which in turn decide the utility of administration policies in LAR cases. The findings can facilitate the implementation of appropriate administrative and judicial measures in different departments to promote land-lost farmers.

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Civic Engagement in the Performance Evaluation of the Public Sector in China: Building horizontal accountability to enhance vertical accountability

Cited by 25 publications

References 18 publications

Network structure and collaborative innovation processes—A comparative analysis of two elderly service networks in Shanghai

Network structure and collaborative innovation processes—A comparative analysis of two elderly service networks in Shanghai

Evaluating the Initial Impact of a Public Management Reform: A Multiphase Mixed Methods Investigation Using Q Methodology

What Limits the Benefits of Land-Lost Farmers in Chinese Courts? An Investigation of Chinese Land Acquisition and Resettlement Cases in the Yangtze River Delta

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