What do we know about the punctuated equilibrium theory in China? A systematic review and research priorities.
The punctuated equilibrium theory (PET) shows that government policy is mostly stable with occasional drastic change, which scholars attribute to institutional friction and limited information processing capacity. Although the existing PET literature predominantly focuses on democracies, scholars ha...
| Publicado en: | Policy Studies Journal Vol. 51; no. 2; pp. 283 - 306 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
May2023
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ssf&AN=163991896&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ssf uiTerm: 163991896 longDbName: Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson) uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 0190292X PSJ jtl: Policy Studies Journal issn: 0190292X maglogo: Y pubinfo: dt: May2023 vid: 51 iid: 2 pid: 480 pub: Wiley-Blackwell artinfo: ui: 163991896 10.1111/psj.12502 ppf: 283 ppct: 23 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: C – @attributes: type: P size: 741KB tig: atl: What do we know about the punctuated equilibrium theory in China? A systematic review and research priorities. aug: au: van den Dool, Annemieke Li, Jialin affil: Division of Social Sciences, Duke Kunshan University, Kunshan, China su: China Punctuated equilibrium (Social science) Government policy Dictatorship Democracy Meta-analysis sug: subj: Punctuated equilibrium (Social science) Government policy Dictatorship Democracy China Meta-analysis keyword: public policy punctuated equilibrium theory política pública teoría del equilibrio puntuado 中国 公共政策 间断平衡理论 public policy punctuated equilibrium theory política pública teoría del equilibrio puntuado 中国 公共政策 间断平衡理论 ab: The punctuated equilibrium theory (PET) shows that government policy is mostly stable with occasional drastic change, which scholars attribute to institutional friction and limited information processing capacity. Although the existing PET literature predominantly focuses on democracies, scholars have started to apply the theory to authoritarian countries. Autocracies are a fertile testing ground for the theory's underlying mechanisms because they appear to experience less institutional friction but more informational restrictions than democracies. However, PET studies on autocracies are still rare. To deepen our understanding of the PET and the policy process beyond democracies, we conduct a systematic review of 88 Chinese language PET journal articles. We show that Chinese language PET research is increasing. Contrary to the English language PET literature, most Chinese studies are qualitative, while a key similarity is the weak operationalization of PET core concepts. The reviewed studies confirm a punctuated equilibrium pattern of policymaking in China but provide only limited evidence for more intense punctuations compared with democracies. Future PET research on China ought to use long‐term data sets and examine institutional friction and information processing by policymakers. We also argue for more international exchange and comparative research to advance our understanding of the policy process in China and other autocracies. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: N holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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