Faced with unprecedented socioeconomic changes, China has increasingly embraced collaborative governance (CG), the sharing of power and discretion between and within public, private, and nonprofit sectors for public purposes. This book analyzes new areas of CG development such as environmental protection, disaster response, and infrastructure.

Table of Contents List of illustrations Introduction The Road to Collaborative Governance in China: An Introduction; Yijia Jing PART I: COLLABORATIVE SERVICE DELIVERY 1. Network Structure, Resource Exchange and Motivations of Partnerships in a Community-Based Elderly Care Network; Bin Chen, Beilei Yang, and Shanshan Zou 2. The Challenges of Implementing Collaborative Governance in Hong Kong: Case Study of A Low-Income Family Community; Helen Liu and Bin Chen PART II: PARTNERSHIPS IN POLICY AND MANAGEMENT 3. Policies, Collaboration and Partnerships for Climate Protection in China; Berthold Kuhn 4. Developing a Multi-collaborative Governance System: A Meta-analysis for the Inner Mongolia Grassland Region; Lihua Yang 5. Collaboration in China's E-Government: A Cultural-Theory Analysis; Jesper Schlaeger 6. Collaborative Disaster Management: Lessons from Taiwan Local Governments; Mingfeng Kuo, Chun-yuan Wang, Yan-yi Chang, and Tzung-Shiun Li 7. A Study on Collaboration between Government and Enterprises in Construction and Operation of China's Highway; Guangjian Xu and Ying Wu PART III: INTERGOVERNMENTAL AND INTERPERSONAL NETWORKS 8. China's Regional Networked Governance: The Case of '9+2' Networks of Interlocal Agreements; Bin Chen, Jie Ma, and Liming Suo 9. Public Decisions In Private Networks: The Implication Of Networking Upward, Downward And Outward Relations For Decision Making In China; Elaine Yi Lu

"An important, unique, and detailed look at China's profound transformation through collaborative governance, a policy that might have been called 'public-private partnerships' or even 'privatization' in other settings. Professor Yijia Jing, a rising star in China's famed Fudan University, brings together Chinese scholars (plus two Westerners in China) to present an impressively wide array of examples of collaborative governance including e-government, construction of national highways, local government services, and care of the elderly. Jing's powerful introduction is an insightful analysis of the State's deepening engagement with the private and nonprofit sectors of society." - E. S. Savas, Presidential Professor, Baruch College, City University of New York, USA "Yijia Jing is to be congratulated for bringing together an excellent collection that provides new and valuable insights on public policy creation and implementation in China, using the theoretical framework of collaborative governance. Combining novel empirical case studies with an integrative theoretical framework, this work sheds important light on key areas of public policy in China. A 'must read' for any student of either China or the collaborative governance paradigm." - Stephen P. Osborne, University of Edinburgh, UK; founder and editor of Public Management Review; and founder of the International Research Society for Public Management "Many know of China's strong state, its entrepreneurs, and rapidly developing economy. Few, however, know that China's local governments are actively embracing collaboration with the private and nonprofit sectors to create public value. This intriguing volume, assembled by Professor Yijia Jing, analyzes initiatives in collaborative governance from Taiwan and Hong Kong to the grasslands of Inner Mongolia; from infrastructure and elderly care services to disaster management and e-government. This book is vital reading for anyone seeking to understand China's distinctive approach to collaborative governance." - Richard Zeckhauser, Frank P. Ramsey Professor of Political Economy, Harvard University, USA