scholarly journals How business influences government policy in China

2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (1/2) ◽  
pp. 55
Author(s):  
Yongqiang Gao
Keyword(s):  
Government Policy ◽  
Policy Process ◽  
Political Process ◽  
Policy Decision ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
The Political ◽  
Economic Systems ◽  
Corporate Sector ◽  
The West ◽  
Policy Decision Making

Although the Chinese corporate sector is deeply involved in the political process, there has been very little research on the topic so far. This article tries to identify the approaches by which Chinese firms influence government policy decision-making, in order to maintain a favorable business environment. Our analysis indicates that, due to the differences in culture and political and economic systems, there are correspondingly great differences in approaches to political participation in Chian and the west. For China, the participation of business in the policy process has led to corruption and other serious problems.

Taking a policy process approach to illuminate the political nature of disability policymaking

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leanne Giordono
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Identity Politics ◽  
Policy Process ◽  
Policy Decision ◽  
Process Approach ◽  
Disability Policy ◽  
The Political ◽  
Policy Decisions ◽  
Models Of Disability ◽  
Policy Decision Making

Background: In an era of increased polarisation, identity politics and growing reliance on using evidence to make disability policy decisions – evidence-based policymaking – how much do we know about the process by which disability policy decisions are made and the use of evidence therein?Aims and objectives: The objective of this Practice Paper is to introduce key policy process frameworks, highlight connections between models of disability and the policy process, and identify opportunities for disability scholars, analysts and advocates to use a policy process approach.Key conclusions: Wider use of policy process frameworks can enhance our understanding of the political nature of the disability policy decision-making process and conditions that influence how evidence is used to inform disability policy.<br />Key Messages<br /><ul><li>A policy process approach to research can enhance our understanding of the political nature of disability policy decision making;</li><br /><li>Policy process frameworks are compatible with a variety of disability models;</li><br /><li>Disability-focused policy process studies offer an opportunity for scholars, analysts and advocates to improve our understanding of disability policy and the use of evidence in policymaking.</li></ul>

Three Looks at German Foreign Policy before September 11: A Landscape Shifts

2002 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 73-81
Author(s):  
Karen Donfried
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Foreign Policy ◽  
Policy Decision ◽  
The Political ◽  
German Foreign Policy ◽  
State University ◽  
European Monetary ◽  
Monetary Cooperation ◽  
Policy Decision Making ◽  
The Eu

Wolf-Dieter Eberwein and Karl Kaiser, Germany’s New Foreign Policy: Decision-Making in an Independent World (Hampshire: Palgrave, 2001)Adrian Hyde-Price, Germany & European Order: Enlarging NATO and the EU (Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2000)Matthias Kaelberer, Money and Power in Europe: The Political Economy of European Monetary Cooperation (Albany: State University of New York Press, 2001)

The Process of E-Government Public Policy Inclusion in the Governmental Agenda

2010 ◽  
pp. 233-245
Author(s):  
Federico Monteverde
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Information Systems ◽  
Government Policy ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
Political Process ◽  
Electronic Government ◽  
The Political ◽  
Government Agencies ◽  
Multiple Streams ◽  
Multiple Streams Model

The incorporation of information systems in government agencies is a process that started several decades ago, but it has sped up its pace due to the evolution of information technology and communications. This process could be characterized as being responsive to specific or by-sector requirements without policies or guiding principles. To this date, national and local government agencies obtain, record and process information in order to accomplish their duties. Their ways illustrate a fragmented scheme, noticeably based on the criteria of a self-referenced, bureaucratic state. Accordingly, the state has a myriad of information systems which are frequently disconnected. In spite of this, their remarkable evolution is a valuable asset that policy makers should consider. When the concept of electronic government emerged in the late nineties, it came to bridge the gap in the creation of public policies regarding the use of state information technologies and communications. However, electronic government it is not just limited to technology applications; it also introduces an innovative view on state modernization. The latter is presented from an external point of view that adopts the citizen’s perspective and emphasizes the need for coordination and integration in inter-agency processes. The development of electronic government has two basic approaches: electronic government initiatives and electronic government policies. The first approach resembles the traditional incorporation of information systems in government agencies, where multiple electronic government initiatives respond to specific vertical requirements. The second alternative incorporates a holistic view intended to build a global model of State through an electronic government public policy. This chapter focuses on the political process leading to the development of an electronic government policy, and it is illustrated by the analysis of the political process that led to the development of electronic government policy in Uruguay. The analysis uses John W. Kingdon’s (1995) multiple streams model, a conceptual approach that is intended to explain the mainstreaming of policies in the governmental agenda. The chapter further proposes that the multiple streams model could be extremely useful as a framework to be used on an ex ante basis for advocates of electronic government policy making.

Is it feasible?1

2018 ◽  
pp. 93-112
Author(s):  
Malcolm Torry
Keyword(s):  
Policy Process ◽  
Political Process ◽  
The Political ◽  
Basic Income ◽  
Political Feasibility ◽  
Political Ideologies ◽  
Financial Feasibility ◽  
Financial Losses

This chapter examines whether a Citizen's Basic Income is feasible — that is, capable of being legislated and implemented. To answer this question, the chapter considers multiple feasibilities: financial feasibility (whether it would be possible to finance a Citizen's Basic Income, and whether implementation would impose substantial financial losses on any households or individuals); psychological feasibility (whether the idea is readily understood, and understood to be beneficial); administrative feasibility (whether it would be possible to administer a Citizen's Basic Income and to manage the transition); behavioural feasibility (whether a Citizen's Basic Income would work for households and individuals once it was implemented); political feasibility (whether the idea would cohere with existing political ideologies); and policy process feasibility (whether the political process would be able to process the idea through to implementation). After explaining each of these feasibilities in detail, the chapter asks whether they are additive, conjunctive, or disjunctive.

Foreign Policy Decision Making: The Case of Canada and Nuclear Weapons

1976 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-66 ◽  
Author(s):  
Howard H. Lentner
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Foreign Policy ◽  
Nuclear Weapons ◽  
Political Process ◽  
Policy Decision ◽  
Chief Executive ◽  
Political Values ◽  
Political Analysis ◽  
Policy Decision Making ◽  
The Government

Foreign policy decision making is the result of a complex political process in which the political values and style of the chief executive play a large part. The case of Canada's decision, in 1963, to acquire nuclear weapons illustrates that external events and pressures generated by Canada's international obligations were processed through complex political interactions. The Government of Prime Minister Diefenbaker was unable to take the nuclear weapons decision because of two splits in the Cabinet, only one of which was pertinent to nuclear weapons policy. The decision was taken by Leader of the Opposition Pearson alone and in conformity with his personal values, because of his political style which commanded deference. The approach used combines historical detail with political analysis.

The Problem of Morality and Power in the Politics of West Germany

1981 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 131-148 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kenneth Dyson
Keyword(s):  
Political Process ◽  
Electoral Politics ◽  
West Germany ◽  
General Character ◽  
The Political ◽  
British Politics ◽  
The West ◽  
Dramatic Character ◽  
Executive Politics ◽  
Political Value

ELECTIONS HAVE ALWAYS CONSTITUTED A PARTICULARLY sharp rupture to the general character of the West German political process, which depends heavily on accommodation by elite negotiation. In the arenas of parliamentary and executive politics a pervasive style of amicable agreement exists at elite levels, and the political value of Sachlichkeit (objectivity) remains important. Hence, in the legislative period 1976–80 over 90 per cent of legislation passed the Bundestag unanimously. An inquisitorial, as opposed to adversary, style of politics plays an important role in the work of the powerful committees of the Bundestag and the Bundesrat, the two legislative chambers in Bonn. Accordingly, and by contrast, elections tend to take on a remarkably dramatic character, even if, as in 1980, there appears to be little polarization of opinion about concrete issues of policy. British politics is, of course, characterized by the influence of the arena of electoral politics, of the ‘cut-and-thrust’ of competitive adversary politics, on other arenas of politics.

The Impact of the Cultural Revolution in China on the Mongolians of Inner Mongolia

1994 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 409-430 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Sneath
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Revolution ◽  
Government Policy ◽  
Inner Mongolia ◽  
The Political ◽  
The West ◽  
Autonomous Region ◽  
News Reports ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Cultural Revolution

A number of papers have been written in the west on the subject of the Cultural Revolution in Inner Mongolia. Hyer and Heaton's (1968) account of the period in the China Quarterly deals with events up until 1968, and relies heavily upon an analysis of the news reports broadcast by Radio Inner Mongolia at that time. The paper focuses upon the fate of Ulanhu, the Chairman of the Inner Mongolian Autonomous Region who fell from power during the Cultural Revolution. Hyer and Heaton are concerned primarily with the power struggles within the political apparatus, and they include no first-hand or eyewitness accounts. The paper gives no indication of the effects of the Cultural Revolution upon the great bulk of the population of the I.M.A.R., either Mongolian or Han Chinese. However, the article does carefully document the rapidly changing tide of Inner Mongolian government policy and the emergence of populist groups which challenged the political establishment, over the period 1965 to 1968.

scholarly journals A Critique of the Concept of “Non-Western Political Process”

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (1(50)) ◽  
pp. 5-31
Author(s):  
Dmitry V. Mosyakov ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Social Structure ◽  
20Th Century ◽  
Political Process ◽  
Active Phase ◽  
The Political ◽  
The West ◽  
The Past ◽  
Political Economic ◽  
Universal Mechanism

The article is devoted to criticism of the concept of the so-called “non-Western political process”. Author expresses the opinion that this concept, formulated back in the mid-50s of the 20th century, is outdated today. The fact is that after the active phase of the globalization process and huge changes in the political, economic and social structure of Eastern societies over the past 60 years, the differences between how politics is done in the West and the East have virtually disappeared. The article provides evidence that now we can see a certain universal mechanism of power, which is equally intensively used in both Western and Eastern societies and states.

scholarly journals East-West business encounters in Serbia and Montenegro: How Serbian repatriates from the west experience their present business environment: A case study

Sociologija ◽  
2003 ◽  
Vol 45 (3) ◽  
pp. 263-288
Author(s):  
Vesna Vucinic-Neskovic
Keyword(s):  
Culture Shock ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
The Political ◽  
Business Organizations ◽  
The West ◽  
Serbia And Montenegro ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Business Operations ◽  
East West

This study deals with the experiences of Serbian professionals with education and/or working experience acquired in the West who returned since the political changes in October 2000 to work in foreign or domestic business organizations in Belgrade. The aim is to analyze the degree and contents of "culture shock" this group has experienced, their opinions as to what the local and Western business actors should learn from each other in order to facilitate business operations in the future, and their assessment of the advantages and disadvantages of their own bicultural background.

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