| ID | 120111 |
| Title Proper | Bringing the low-carbon agenda to China |
| Other Title Information | a study in transnational policy diffusion |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Hofem, Andreas ; Heilmann, Sebastian |
| Publication | 2013. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | This study traces the transnational interactions that contributed to introducing the low-carbon economy agenda into Chinese policymaking. A microprocessual two-level analysis (outside-in as well as inside-access) is employed to analyse transnational and domestic exchanges. The study provides evidence that low-carbon agenda-setting - introduced by transnational actors, backed by foreign funding, promoted by policy entrepreneurs from domestic research institutes, propelled by top-level attention, but only gradually and cautiously adopted by the government bureaucracy - can be considered a case of effective transnational diffusion based on converging perceptions of novel policy challenges and options. Opinion leaders and policy-brokers from the government-linked scientific community functioned as effective access points to the Chinese government's policy agenda. |
| `In' analytical Note | Journal of Current Chinese Affairs Vol. 42, No.1; 2013: p.199-215 |
| Journal Source | Journal of Current Chinese Affairs Vol. 42, No.1; 2013: p.199-215 |
| Key Words | China ; Policy Diffusion ; Agenda - Setting ; Environmental Policy ; Low - Carbon Economy (LCE) |