Policy Learning and International Cooperation: The Case Study of the Grain for Green Project in China
Chinas remarkable economic development has been achieved at the cost of its environment. Environmental challenge has become the major tasks the Chinese leaders need to respond. Scholarly attention on international norm diffusion and policy learning asserts that international influence could make a positive impact on Chinas environmental politics. This paper attempts to indicate the role of international cooperation in inducing policy learning of local bureaucrats in conducting the grain for green project and also figures out obstacles to institutionalization of new policy approach. The indepth case study of two inland counties in Shaanxi shows that rather than the structure of international influence, another important factor which definitely affects policy learning and changes made by local bureaucrats is namely local learning agents. The locality which exist a strong local learning agent is more likely to induce learning and substantive institutional changes. The finding also implies the difficulty in spreading new norms and knowledge from international actors to the Chinese government. It shows that it cannot take it for granted that international influence can enhance domestic governance.
Policy learning International cooperation Grain for green project Governance
GUO Jia
School of Management, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, P.R. China, 1000875
国际会议
2012 International Conference on Public Administration(8th)(2012年公共管理国际会议 ICPA)
印度海德拉巴
英文
713-717
2012-10-25（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）