Policy Metamorphosis in China: A Case Study of Minban Education in Shanghai

2008 ◽  
Vol 195 ◽  
pp. 656-674 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaojiong Ding
Keyword(s):  
Policy Implementation ◽  
Basic Education ◽  
Mainland China ◽  
Local Deviation ◽  
State Governance

AbstractBy taking minban education at the level of basic education in Shanghai as an example, this article studies the processes of policy implementation in mainland China. Based on 65 interviews conducted during 2001 and 2004, the article analyses two policies on minban education which have metamorphosed during implementation. It argues that the Chinese mode of state governance has shifted from Party despotism to a mode that tolerates and embraces local deviation.

scholarly journals Chinese–international intimate relations: An Australian case study of migrant marriage and divorce

2020 ◽  
pp. 144078332097870
Author(s):  
Elaine Jeffreys ◽  
Pan Wang
Keyword(s):  
Family Formation ◽  
Chinese Women ◽  
Mainland China ◽  
Asian Country ◽  
Comparative Case Study ◽  
Mobility Patterns ◽  
Australian Case ◽  
Intimate Relations ◽  
Australian Bureau Of Statistics

This article analyses trends in Chinese–international marriages and divorces, using Australia, a major migrant-receiving country, as a comparative case study. In exploring the recent rise of ‘Chinese–foreign’ marriage in the People’s Republic of China (PRC), we show that Chinese–international marriage within mainland China is a small, gendered phenomenon that largely involves Chinese women marrying men from other Asian societies. By examining unique data published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics, we reveal that most marriages involving PRC-born people in contemporary Australia are between two people born in China. But the displacement of Chinese intimate relationships to a non-Asian country results in significant behavioural divergences from couples ‘at home’, especially regarding prior cohabitation. Marriages solely involving PRC-born couples in Australia are also typically less enduring than marriages to non-Chinese. We argue that these differences underscore the roles of country-specific immigration policies and labour mobility patterns in shaping unpredicted family formation behaviour.

scholarly journals Policy implementation and financial incentives for nurses in South Africa: a case study on the occupation-specific dispensation

2013 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 19289 ◽  
Author(s):  
Prudence Ditlopo ◽  
Duane Blaauw ◽  
LaetitiaC. Rispel ◽  
Steve Thomas ◽  
Posy Bidwell
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Policy Implementation ◽  
Financial Incentives

The New Middle Management: Intermediary Organizations in Education Policy Implementation

2004 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-87 ◽  
Author(s):  
Meredith I. Honig
Keyword(s):  
Education Policy ◽  
Policy Implementation ◽  
Middle Management ◽  
Comparative Case Study ◽  
Five Dimensions ◽  
Intermediary Organizations ◽  
Practice Gap ◽  
Education Policy Implementation ◽  
Implementation Resources

Intermediary organizations have become increasingly prominent participants in education policy implementation despite limited knowledge about their distinctive functions and the conditions that constrain and enable those functions. This article addresses that research-practice gap by drawing on theories of organizational ecology and findings from a comparative case study of four intermediary organizations that helped with collaborative policy implementation in Oakland, California. I define intermediaries as organizations that operate between policymakers and implementers to affect changes in roles and practices for both parties and show that such organizations typically vary along at least five dimensions. Oakland’s intermediary organizations all provided new implementation resources—knowledge, political/social ties, and an administrative infrastructure—but faced different constraining and enabling conditions. Using insights from this strategic case study, this article begins to build theory about intermediary organizations as important participants in contemporary policy implementation.

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document