Education, Science, Technology, Innovation and Life
Open Access
Sign In
  1. Home
  2. Journals
  3. Journal of Sociology and Ethnology
  4. Vol 3, Issue 7, 2021

From Experts to Policy Entrepreneurs: Event System Theory Analysis on the Case of Optics Valley in China

Download as PDF

DOI: 10.23977/jsoce.2021.030708 | Downloads: 13 | Views: 899

Author(s)

Zhixia Chen 1, Chun Yuan 1

Affiliation(s)

1 Department of Public Administration, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China

Corresponding Author

Zhixia Chen

ABSTRACT

Experts usually provide government decision-making advice as members of think tanks, while act as policy entrepreneurs has rarely been studied. Under what conditions and how will experts act as policy entrepreneurs? Drawing on the case of proposal scholars with strong professional knowledge in the Optics Valley of China, we suggest a framework from the perspective of event system theory for addressing this question. Through in-depth interviews and accessible archives supplemented by Web Crawler, we analyze the strategies and process experts represented by Professor Huang adopts to increase influence on policy design and by proposing that the combination of new policy issues, resource mobilization and participation in substantive political discussions. Our findings highlight how experts act as a policy entrepreneur opens not only policy windows but also yokes together actor networks to make policy agendas happen. We contribute by clarifying the role of experts in creating policy windows and the agenda-setting and decision-making system of triple interaction among government, experts and the public.

KEYWORDS

Policy entrepreneur, Event system theory, Policy agendas, Optics valley of china

CITE THIS PAPER

Zhixia Chen, Chun Yuan. From Experts to Policy Entrepreneurs: Event System Theory Analysis on the Case of Optics Valley in China. Journal of Sociology and Ethnology (2021) 3: 37-49. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23977/jsoce.2021.030708.

REFERENCES

[1] John E. Ortega,Richard Castro Mamani,Kyunghyun Cho(2021). Neural machine translation with a polysynthetic low resource language[J]. Machine Translation,(prepublish).
[2]Ariadna Ripoll Servent, Alex MacKenzie. Eroding Germany's Commitment to Data Protection: Policy Entrepreneurs and Coalition Politics in EU Passenger Name Records. German Politics,vol. 26, no. 3, pp. 398-413. 2017.
[3]Arieli T., N. Cohen. Policy Entrepreneurs and Post-conflict Cross-border Cooperation: A Conceptual Framework and the Israeli–Jordanian Case. Policy Sciences, vol. 46, no. 3, pp. 237-256. 2013.
[4]Ario Wicaksono. The role of policy transfer in Indonesian governance: the case of academic administrative entrepreneurs, Policy Studies, vol. 39:6, 622-637. 2018.
[5]Béland, D. and R.H. Cox.Ideas as coalition magnets: coalition building, policy entrepreneurs, and power relations. Journal of European Public Policy, vol. 23, no. 3, pp. 428-445, 2016.
[6]Chan, K.N. and W.F. Lam. Bureaucratic Control and Information Processing: An Institutional Comparison. Governance, vol. 31, no. 3, pp. 575-592. 2018.
[7]Chen Zhenming, Huang yuancan. Thoughts on promoting the construction of new local think tanks. China Administration, , no. 11, pp. 47. 2017.
[8]Connor, Desmond M. A new ladder of citizen participation. National Civic Review, vol. 77, no. 3, pp. 249-257. 1988.
[9]Cobbrw; Rossjk; Rossmh. Agenda Building as a Comparative Political Process[J].American Political Science Review,vol. 70, no. 1, pp. 126,1976.
[10]Deserai Anderson Crow. Policy Entrepreneurs, Issue Experts, and Water Rights Policy Change in Colorado. Review of Policy Research, vol. 27, no. 3, pp. 299-315. 2010.
[11]Deserai Anderson Crow. Local Media and Experts: Sources of Environmental Policy Initiation? the Policy Studies Journal, vol. 28, 143-164. 2010.
[12]Eugene Lewis. Public Entrepreneurship: Toward a Theory political Power. Bloomington: Indiana University Press: vol. 9,1980.
[13]Gwen Arnold, Le Anh Nguyen Long, Madeline Gottlieb. Social Networks and Policy Entrepreneurship: How Relationships Shape Municipal Decision Making about High-Volume Hydraulic Fracturing. Policy Studies Journal, vol. 45, no. 3, pp. 414-441. 2017.
[14]Hammond, D.R. Policy Entrepreneurship in China's Response to Urban Poverty. Policy Studies Journal, vol. 41, no. 1, pp. 119-146. 2013.
[15]Hopkins, V. Institutions, Incentives, and Policy Entrepreneurship. Policy Studies Journal, vol. 44, no. 3, pp. 332-348. 2016.
[16]Jing, Y. , D. Li.  Private Roles in Enhancing Multi-Level Governance: China's "Internet + " National Strategy. Public Policy and Administration, vol. 34, no. 2, pp. 144-164. 2018.
[17]John Kingdon. Agendas,Alternatives and Public Policies. New York, Harper Collins,1995.
[18]Langley A, Smallman C, Tsoukas H, et al. Process studies of change in organzation and management: Unveiling temporality, activity, and filow. Academy of Management Journal ,vol. 56, no. 1, pp. 1-13. 2013.
[19]Lavee, E. ,N. Cohen. How Street-level Bureaucrats Become Policy Entrepreneurs: The Case of Urban Renewal. Governance,vol. 1-18. 2019.
[20]Miao Luo, Shoulong Mao. Understanding the Process of Policy Change: An Analysis of Three Paths. Journal of Tianjin Administration Institute, vol. 19, no. 02, pp. 58-65. 2017.
[21]Michael Mintrom , Phillipa Norman. Policy Entrepreneurship and Policy Change. The Policy Studies Journal, vol. 4 , 649-667. 2009.
[22]Mintrom, M. Policy Entrepreneurs and Controversial Science: Governing Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research. Journal of European Public Policy, vol. 20, no. 3, pp. 442-457. 2013.
[23]Mintrom, M. , J. Luetjens. Policy Entrepreneurs and Problem Framing: The Case of Climate Change. Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space, vol. 35, no. 8, pp. 1362-1377. 2017.
[24]Mukherjee, I., S. Gies. Designing Policies in Uncertain Contexts: Entrepreneurial Capacity and the Case of the European Emission Trading Scheme. Public Policy and Administration, vol. 34, no. 3, pp. 262-286t. 2017.
[25]Nancy C; Roberts. Public Entrepreneurship and Innovation. Policy Studies Review, vol. 11,55-74,63. 1992.
[26]Nikolaos Zahariadis. The Multiple Streams Framework: Structure, Limitations, Prospects, in Paul A. Sabatier (ed.).Theories of the Policy Process (2nd edition). Boulder, CO: Westview Press:vol. 65-92,2007.
[27]Oborn,E.,M.Barrett,M .Exwerthy. Policy Entrepreneurship in the Development of Public Sector Strategy: the Case of London Health Reform. Public Administration, vol. 89, no. 2, pp. 325-344. 2011.
[28]Palmer, J.R. How do policy entrepreneurs influence policy change? Framing and boundary work in EU transport biofuels policy. Environmental Politics, vol. 24, no. 2, pp. 270-287. 2015.
[29]Paula J; King; Nancy C; Roberts. An Investigation into the Personality Profile of Policy Entrepreneur. Public Productivity and Management Review, vol. 16,173-190. 1992.
[30]Raines, S.S. , A. Prakash.  Leadership Matters. Administration & Society, vol. 37, no. 1, pp. 3-22. 2016.
[31]Ren Heng. The government's purchase of decision-making advisory services from new think tanks: patterns, dilemmas and countermeasures. Information journal, vol. 37, no. 7, pp. 32. 2018.
[32]Renner, T. ,S. Meijerink. Policy Entrepreneurs in International River Basins-Getting Climate Adaptation on the Cross-border Water Policy aAgenda. Regional Environmental Change, vol. 18, no. 5, pp. 1287-1298. 2018.
[33]Richard C. Feiock , Jered B. Carr. Private Incentives and Academic Entrepreneurship: The Promotion of City County Consolidation. Public Administration Quarterly, vol. 2, 223-45. 2001.
[34]Sandra A, Waddock , James E, Post.Social Entrepreneur and Catalytic Change .Public Administration Review, vol. 51, 391-401. 1991.
[35]Secchi, L.. Entrepreneurship and Participation in Public Management Reforms at the Local Level. Local Government Studies, vol. 36, no. 4, pp. 511-527, 2010.
[36]Shpaizman I., O.Swed ,A. Pedahzur. Policy Change Inch by Inch: Policy Entrepreneurs in the Holy Basin of Jerusalen. Public Administration, vol. 94, no. 4, pp. 1042-1058. 2016.
[37]Sungsoo Hwang & Hyojin Song. Policy transfer and role of policy entrepreneur in international aid: exploring international development cases of Korea and Vietnam. Policy Studies, vol. 40:1, 1-20. 2019.
[38]Teets, J. The Power of Policy Networks in Authoritarian Regimes: Changing Environmental Policy in China. Governance, vol. 31, no. 1, pp. 125-141. 2018.
[39]Tian-xiang Chen, Ren-jie Li, Guo-ying Wang. How Do Policy Entrepreneurs Affect Policy Innovation: A Perspective on the Policy Process. The Journal of Jiangsu Administration Institute, , no. 04, pp. 111-119. 2018.
[40]Weber, J. Policy Entrepreneurs and Opportunities: Establishing A Model of Policy Change Through Bicycle Infrastructure at the Municipal Level. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, vol. 101, 252-263. 2017.
[41]Xufeng Zhu. Behavioral Patterns of Expert Participation in Social Policy Changes in China. Sociological Studies, vol. 25, no. 02, pp. 1-27+243. 2011.
[42]Yapeng Zhu, Liwen Xiao. Policy Entrepreneurs and Social Policy Innovation. Sociological Studies, vol. 29, no. 03, pp. 56-76+242. 2014.
[43]Yapeng Zhu. 2012. Policy Entrepreneurs in the Process of Policy: Development and Review. Journal of Sun Yat-Sen University(Social Science Edition), vol. 52, no. 02, pp. 156-164.
[44]Zhaoyou Li, Yanhua Jiang. Analysis of the Ways and Strategies for Policy Entrepreneurs to Promote the Change of Basic Research policy in China. Science and Technology Management Research, vol. 38, no. 24, pp. 46-50. 2018.
[45]Zhibin Yuan. Study of Agenda-setting Model of Science and Technology Policies Affected by Think-tank in China. Bulletin of Chinese Academy of Sciences, vol. 32, no. 06, pp. 612-617, 2017.
[46]Zhi, Q. and M.M. Pearson. China's Hybrid Adaptive Bureaucracy: The Case of the 863 Program for Science and Technology. Governance, vol. 30, no. 3, pp. 407-424. 2017.
[47] Zhu Y. Policy Entrepreneur, Civic Engagement and Local Policy Innovation in China: Housing Monetarisation Reform in Guizhou Province. Australian Journal of Public Administration, vol. 71, no. 2, pp. 191-200. 2012.

All published work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Copyright © 2016 - 2031 Clausius Scientific Press Inc. All Rights Reserved.