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Local climate governance and policy innovation in China: a case study of a piloting emission trading scheme in Guangdong province
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posted on 2023-06-09, 07:43 authored by Bo Chen, Wei ShenWei Shen, Peter NewellPeter Newell, Yao WangThis paper investigates how piloting programmes in China can promote local policy innovations. By using one of the piloting emission trading schemes (ETS) in Guangdong province as a case study, it is argued that the main features of the piloting experiments, particularly in the climate change domain, are largely different from previous local marketization experiments that dominate the reform period of China. Whereas previous experiments are often characterized as bottom-up or indigenous initiatives with strong patronage relations to the pro-reform politicians at central level, the current piloting programmes are often crafted in a top-down fashion that is often misaligned with local market or corporate interests. Hence, local policy innovations are designed, developed and brokered by the local state officers,in order to bridge this central–local interest gap. As a result,successful implementation of these policy innovations largely depends on local political traditions, bureaucratic culture and perceptions of distinctive development needs.
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Asian Journal of Political ScienceISSN
0218-5377Publisher
Taylor & FrancisExternal DOI
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3Volume
25Page range
307-327Department affiliated with
- International Relations Publications
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- Centre for Global Political Economy Publications
- Sussex Sustainability Research Programme Publications
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2017-08-30First Open Access (FOA) Date
2019-02-20First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date
2017-08-30Usage metrics
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