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科目名稱：兩岸公共政策比較研究

Course Name: Comparative Public Policy in Greater China
  • 學年學期：114-1 Fall Semester, 2025
  • 科目代碼：926827001 Course No.926827001

修別：選

Type of Credit: Elective

3.0

學分數

Credit(s)

10

預收人數

Number of Students

課程資料Course Details
  • 開課單位：亞太碩一、亞太碩二 Course Department:International Master's Program in Asia-Pacific Studies/M/1&2
  • 授課老師：王慧敏 Instructor: WONG WAI MAN NATALIE
  • 先修科目：無Prerequisite(N/A)
  • 上課時間：四567 Session: thu14-17

課程簡介Course Description

This course will develop students’ knowledge of the major conceptual approaches for policy transfer and lesson learning in policy-making. Students will critically assess and synthesize the applicability of these concepts for analyzing public policy development in Greater China in the context of an increasingly pluralized world. Major public policy areas (for example, environment, social security, or health care) will be compared in light of the global public policy trends and changing governance models in public policy. Students will apply theories and evidence from other countries and reflect on policy transfer processes to Greater China (Hong Kong, Mainland China, and Macau) to enable them to question policy processes, synthesize knowledge from different places and disciplines, and consider the nature of policy in Greater China.

核心能力分析圖 Core Competence Analysis Chart

能力項目說明

    課程目標與學習成效Course Objectives & Learning Outcomes

    1. Evaluate different conceptual approaches that have been developed for policy transfer and learning. 
    2. Compare and contrast different approaches or strategies adopted by selected countries in response to changing policy processes and tools, policy contexts, and policy problems. 
    3. Critically analyze how developments in the technical (socio-economic and socio-political) and institutional environment have affected public policy development in Greater China. 
    4. Apply academic knowledge and analytic skills to real-world problems by examining options for policy transfer. 
    5. Develop the acquisition of skills in research and writing, communication, teamwork, discussion, and presentation.

    每周課程進度與作業要求 Course Schedule & Requirements

    Week

    Topic

    Focus 

    1

    Course Introduction

    Course scope, objectives, and the rationale for comparing public policy in Greater China

    2

    Theory Building

    Theories of comparative policy analysis: How well do they apply to Greater China?

    3

    Political & Economic Dynamics

    Comparing the political economy and institutional foundations of policy in HK, China, and Macau

    4

    Domestic Context of Policy Making

    How domestic administrative structures shape policy implementation differently

    5

    Globalization & Public Policy

    Varying impacts of globalization on policy agenda-setting across the region

    6

    Policy Transfer & Lesson Drawing

    How, when, and why policies travel across borders in Greater China

    7

    Social Security Policy (Part I)

    Institutional models and policy goals: A cross-region comparison

    8

    Social Security Policy (Part II)

    Examining reforms, equity challenges, and outcomes

    9

    Healthcare Policy (Part I)

    Governance and financing models across health systems

    10

    Healthcare Policy (Part II)

    Service delivery, public-private roles, and citizen access

    11

                Due date: Reflection Note 

    12

    Environmental Policy (Part I)

    Regulation and enforcement structures across jurisdictions

    13

    Environmental Policy (Part II)

    Public engagement, protest, and environmental justice

    14

    Group Presentations I

    Case presentations

    15

    Group Presentations II

    Case presentations

    16

    Paper Consultation

    One-on-one guidance on final paper development

    授課方式Teaching Approach

    50%

    講述 Lecture

    20%

    討論 Discussion

    30%

    小組活動 Group activity

    0%

    數位學習 E-learning

    0%

    其他： Others:

    評量工具與策略、評分標準成效Evaluation Criteria

    1. Class Participation (10%): Students are expected to read the assigned reading materials and actively engage in class discussions. 
    2. In-class discussions (20%): The arrangement will be announced in the first lecture. 
    3. Group Presentation (35%): Students are expected to form a group and give a presentation (around 20 to 30 mins) in Weeks 14 and 15 respectively. The topics of presentation should be related to the context of this course, and the arrangement will be announced in the first lecture. After the presentation, a group project (15%) (around 5,000 words) should be submitted by 24 Dec 2025. 
    4. Individual-based reading reflection note (20%): Students must write a paper with 1,500-2,500 words. Evaluating arguments of one (at least) selected article from a prescribed reading list, then developing the arguments in the reflection note.. The reflection note demonstrates knowledge and understanding of the academic literature on a specific topic placed in context. The note should be submitted by WEEK 11. Please ensure your full name and student number are written down on the note. 

     

    指定/參考書目Textbook & References

    Comparative Public Policy – Concepts, Theories, Approaches

     

    Hague, R., & Harrop, M. (2010). Part V Public Policy, The Policy Process. In R. Hague, & M. Harrop (Eds.), Comparative Government and Politics: An Introduction (pp. 365-385). Palgrave.

     

    Ryan, M. (2018). Comparative Method. In V. Lowndes, D. Marsh, & G. Stoker, Gerry (Eds.), Theory and Methods in Political Science (pp. 271-289). Macmillan.

     

    Peters, B. G. (2018). Comparative Politics and Comparative Policy Studies: Making the Linkage. Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis: Research and Practice, 20(1), 88-100. https://doi.org/10.1080/13876988.2017.1414409

     

    Geva-May, I., Hoffman, D. C., & Muhleisen, J. (2018). Twenty years of comparative policy analysis: A survey of the field and a discussion of topics and methods. Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis, 20(1), 18-35. https://doi.org/10.1080/13876988.2017.1405618

     

    Radin, B. A., & Weimer, D. L. (2018). Compared to what? the multiple meanings of comparative policy analysis. Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis, 20(1), 56-71. https://doi.org/10.1080/13876988.2017.1414475

     

    Concept of Greater China region

     

    Wong, N.W.M. (2021).  Chapter 1 Introduction. In N.W.M. Wong (Ed.), The Politics of Waste Management in Greater China Environmental Governance and Public Participation in Transition (pp. 1-14). Routledge.

     

    Harding, H. (1993). The Concept of ‘Greater China’: Themes, Variations, and Reservations. The China Quarterly, 136, 660-686. https://doi.org/10.2307/655587

     

    Shambaugh, D. (1993). Introduction: The Emergence of ‘Greater China.’ The China

    Quarterly, 136, 653-659. https://doi.org/ 10.1017/s0305741000032288

     

    Su, T.-T., Walker, R. M., & Xue, L. (2013). Reform and Transition in Public Administration Theory and Practice in Greater China. Public Administration, 91(2), 253–260. https://doi.org/10.1111/padm.12030

     

    Political and Economic Dynamics of Policy Making

     

    Cameron, D. R. (1978). The Expansion of the Public Economy: A Comparative Analysis. American Political Science Review, 72(04), 1243–1261. https://doi.org/10.2307/1954537

     

    Blais, A., Kim, J., & Foucault, M. (2010). Public spending, public deficits, and government coalitions. Political Studies, 58(5), 829-846. https://doi.org/ 10.1111/j.1467-9248.2010.00842.x

     

    Domestic Context of Policy Making

     

    Weaver, R.K., &. Rockman, B.A (1993). Assessing the effects of institutions. In R.K. Weaver, & B.A. Rockman (Eds), Do Institutions Matter? Government Capabilities in the United States and Abroad (pp. 1-41). The Brookings Institution.

     

    Globalization and Public Policy

     

    Garrett, G. (2001). Globalization and government spending around the world. Studies in Comparative International Development, 35(4), 3-29. https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02732706

     

    Howlett, M., & Ramesh, M. (2002). The policy effects of internationalization: A subsystem adjustment analysis of policy change. Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis: Research and Practice, 4(1), 31-50. https://doi.org/10.1080/13876980208412669

     

    Aspaltier, C. (2006). The East Asian Welfare Model. International Journal of Social Welfare, 15, 290-301. https://doi.org/ 10.1111/j.1468-2397.2006.00413.x

     

    Policy Transfer & Learning, Looking for Lessons and Venturing Abroad

     

    Dolowitz, D. P., & Marsh, D. (1996). Who Learning What from Whom: A Review of the Policy Transfer Literature. Political Studies, 44(2), 343-357. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9248.1996.tb00334.x

     

    James, O., & Lodge, M. (2003). The Limitations of ‘Policy Transfer’ and ‘Lesson Drawing” for Public Policy Research. Political Studies Review, Vol 1(2), 179-193. https://doi.org/ 10.1111/1478-9299.t01-1-00003

     

    Bomberg, E. (2007). Policy learning in an enlarged European Union: environmental NGOs and new policy instruments. Journal of European Public Policy, 14(2), 248-268. https://doi.org/10.1080/13501760601122522

     

    Fiorino, D. J. (2001). Environmental Policy As Learning: A New View of an Old Landscape. Public Administration Review, 61(3), 322- 334. https://doi.org/ 10.1111/0033-3352.00033

     

    Shefer, I. (2018). Policy transfer in city-to-city cooperation: implications for urban climate governance learning. Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning, 21(1), 61-75. https://doi.org/10.1080/1523908X.2018.1562668. 

     

    Wong, N.W.M. (2021).  Chapter 6 Policy transfer in municipal waste management, The ‘Taipei model’ and its impacts on the Greater China region. In N.W.M. Wong (Ed.), The Politics of Waste Management in Greater China Environmental Governance and Public Participation in Transition (pp. 93-109). Routledge. 

     

    Social Security Policy

     

    Peng, C., & Wang, J. (2023). Local Integration of Urban–Rural Social-assistance Programmes in China: What Are the Driving Forces? The China Quarterly, 1-19. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0305741023001030

     

    Liu, Y., Liu, J., & Zhou, Y. (2017). Spatio-temporal patterns of rural poverty in China and targeted poverty alleviation strategies. Journal of Rural Studies, 52, 66–75. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrurstud.2017.04.002 

     

    Yu, A. (2020). The failure of the welfare ideology and system in Hong Kong: A historical perspective. Human Affairs, 31(1), 99-108. https://doi.org/10.1515/humaff-2021-0009

     

    Fung, K. (2017). Neoliberalization and community development practices in Hong Kong. Community Development Journal, 52(1), 55–75. https://doi.org/10.1093/cdj/bsw048

     

    Mok, K. H., Kühner, S., & Huang, G. (2017). The Productivist Construction of Selective Welfare Pragmatism in China. Social Policy & Administration, 51(6), 876–897. https://doi.org/10.1111/spol.12337

     

    Lee, E. W. Y. (2008). Social mobilization, blame avoidance and welfare restructuring in Hong Kong. In M. Sing (Ed.) Politics and Government in Hong Kong: Crisis under Chinese Sovereignty (pp. 162-175). Routledge.

     

    Chan, K. W. (2012). Rethinking flexible welfare strategy in Hong Kong: a new direction for the East Asian welfare model? Journal of Asian Public Policy, 5(1), 71-81. https://doi.org/ 10.1080/17516234.2012.662358

     

    Lai, D. W. L., & Chui, E. W. T. (2014). A Tale of Two Cities: A Comparative Study on the Welfare Regimes of Hong Kong and Macao. Social Policy and Society, 13(02), 263-274. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1474746413000614

     

    Yu, S. W.K., Chau, R. C.M., Boxall, K., & Chung, W.C.Y. (2014). Looking to the East and the West: The double-attachment strategy used by the Hong Kong government to develop welfare to work measures for lone parents. Journal of International and Comparative Social Policy, 30(2): 93-106. https://doi.org/ 10.1080/21699763.2013.861357

     

    Yeung, D. Y. (2013). Is pre-retirement planning always good? An exploratory study of retirement adjustment among Hong Kong Chinese retirees. Aging & Mental Health, 17(3), 386-393. https://doi.org/ 10.1080/13607863.2012.732036

     

    Lai, D. W. L. (2017). A comparative study of social assistance systems in Macao and Hong Kong. Asia Pacific Journal of Social Work and Development, 27(1), 39-52. https://doi.org/ 10.1080/02185385.2017.1310054

     

    Li, S. (2011). Issues and Options for Social Security Reform in China.  China: An International Journal, 09(1), 72-109. https://doi.org/10.1353/chn.2011.0001

     

    Healthcare Policy

     

    He, J. (2019). Healthcare policy and reforms in Hong Kong. In W. Dong (Eds). Social Policy in China: From State-led to Market-led Economy (pp. 211-224). Rock’s Mills Press.

     

    Daemmrich, A. (2013). The political economy of healthcare reform in China: negotiating public and private. SpringerPlus, 2(1), 448. https://doi.org/10.1186/2193-1801-2-448.

     

    Chung, Y. R., Chan, D., Chau, N. N., Huang, S., Wong, H., Wong, S. Y. (2019). Poverty affects access to regular source of primary care among the general population in Hong Kong. Social Policy & Administration, 2019(53), 854-871. DOI: 10.1111/spol.12538 (SSCI)

     

    He, A. J., Bali, A. S., & Ramesh, M. (2022). Active stewardship in healthcare: Lessons from China's health policy reforms. Social Policy & Administration, 56(6), 925–940. https://doi.org/10.1111/spol.12832

     

    Chindarkar, N., Nakajima, M., & Wu, A. (2022). Inequality of Opportunity in Health Among Urban, Rural, and Migrant Children: Evidence from China. Journal of Social Policy, 1-20. doi:10.1017/S0047279422000782

     

    Environmental Policy

     

    Wong, N. W. M. (2016). Environmental protests and NIMBY activism: Local politics and waste management in Beijing and Guangzhou. China Information, 30(2), 143–164. https://doi.org/ 10.1177/0920203X16641550.

     

    Wong, N. W. M. (2018). Environmental policy change in two transitional societies: a comparative study on anti-incinerator construction in Guangzhou and Taipei. Asian Geographer, 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1080/10225706.2018.1547201

     

    Wong, N.W.M. (2021).  Chapter 4 Guangzhou, Roles of public participation in MSW governance. In N.W.M. Wong (Ed.), The Politics of Waste Management in Greater China Environmental Governance and Public Participation in Transition (pp. 39-76). Routledge. 

     

    Wong, N.W.M. (2021).  Chapter 5 Hong Kong, Unresponsive collective action in MSW politics. In N.W.M. Wong (Ed.), The Politics of Waste Management in Greater China Environmental Governance and Public Participation in Transition (pp. 77-92). Routledge. 

     

    Song, Q., Li, J., Duan, H., Yu, D., & Wang, Z, (2017). Towards to sustainable energy-efficient city: A case study of Macau. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 75, 504-514. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2016.11.018

     

    Song, Q., Wang, Z., & Li, J. (2016). Exploring residents’ attitudes and willingness to pay for solid waste management in Macau. Environmental Science Pollution Research, 23(16), 16456–16462. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-016-6590-8.

     

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