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Ideas And Collaborative Governance: A Discursive Localism Approach, Neil Bradford
Ideas And Collaborative Governance: A Discursive Localism Approach, Neil Bradford
Neil Bradford
In recent years, interest has grown in collaboration in public policy. Responding to the complex issues now playing out in cities, scholars are focusing on localized governance relations that blur boundaries between public, private, and community sectors. This article introduces discursive localism as a framework to understand better collaborative urban governance. It argues that ideas play a pivotal role in motivating collective action, channeling policy resources, and shaping governance relations. Although recent urban-focused accounts of collective action suggest a role for ideas, systematic attention to their normative-philosophical and cognitive-programmatic dimensions reveals how different policy discourses frame incentives and institutions for …
“China’S 1989 Choice: The Paradox Of Seeking Wealth And Democracy,” (With Joseph O'Mahoney)., Zheng Wang
“China’S 1989 Choice: The Paradox Of Seeking Wealth And Democracy,” (With Joseph O'Mahoney)., Zheng Wang
Zheng Wang
No abstract provided.
“Bad Memories, Good Dream: The Legacy Of Historical Memory And China’S Foreign Policy,”, Zheng Wang
“Bad Memories, Good Dream: The Legacy Of Historical Memory And China’S Foreign Policy,”, Zheng Wang
Zheng Wang
No abstract provided.
Identity Politics And Foreign Policy: Taiwan’S Relations With China And Japan, 1895-2012, Yinan He
Identity Politics And Foreign Policy: Taiwan’S Relations With China And Japan, 1895-2012, Yinan He
Yinan He
Nation is a product of self-other separation and exclusion. Divergent, or even competing, narratives about the national Self and Other advanced by various nationalist entrepreneurs can shape conflicting policy preferences regarding the foreign country in question. The two primary Others for defining Taiwan's identity, China and Japan, have been frequently set against one another in its political discourses as elites wage a pitched battle over whom the Taiwanese are and where their future lies. This was evident during Japanese colonization in 1895-1945, the rule by the KMT regime after the war, and post-democratization period. For the new KMT government led …
The Chinese Dream: Concept And Context, Zheng Wang
40 Years In Paradox: Post-Normalisation Sino-Japanese Relations, Yinan He
40 Years In Paradox: Post-Normalisation Sino-Japanese Relations, Yinan He
Yinan He
Post-normalisation Sino-Japanese relations have been fraught with contradictions. In particular, three paradoxes stand out over the past 40 years. First, despite many shared geopolitical and economic interests, China and Japan have never developed genuine strategic cooperation, and since the 2000s have even evinced a trend towards thinly-veiled or open rivalry. Second, time, rather than healing the wounds of past wars, has since the mid-1980s yielded only a more vivid and bitter recollection of history that has bedevilled both official and popular relations. Third, diplomatic and commercial ties as well as “thick” societal contacts developed since normalisation have failed to bridge …
Governing Regional Economic Development: Innovation Challenges And Policy Learning In Canada, Neil Bradford, David Wolfe
Governing Regional Economic Development: Innovation Challenges And Policy Learning In Canada, Neil Bradford, David Wolfe
Neil Bradford
Regional development policy offers a fascinating window on the interplay between the spatial distribution of economic activity and the interaction across multiple levels of government. Canada provides a compelling case to examine the theory and practice of regional development due to the diverse nature of its economy, the decentralised nature of its federation and more than five decades of federal policy activism. This article explores Canada's six regional development agencies, adopting an organisational learning lens to explain a paradigm shift in policy from redistribution to innovation. Two prominent traditions in regional studies--'nested scales' of economic innovation and 'multi-level governance' of …
Territory And Local Development: A Place-Based Perspective, Neil Bradford
Territory And Local Development: A Place-Based Perspective, Neil Bradford
Neil Bradford
No abstract provided.
Comparing Postwar (West) German-Polish And Sino-Japanese Reconciliation: A Bridge Too Far?, Yinan He
Comparing Postwar (West) German-Polish And Sino-Japanese Reconciliation: A Bridge Too Far?, Yinan He
Yinan He
The article argues that the harmonisation of national memories facilitates genuine reconciliation, while memory divergence resulting from national mythmaking hampers reconciliation. After WWII, Sino–Japanese and West German–Polish relations were antagonised by the Cold War structure, and pernicious myths prevailed in national collective memory. Then China and Japan brushed aside historical legacy for immediate diplomatic normalisation, but their reconciliation was impeded by elite mythmaking practices. Since the 1970s West Germany and Poland have de-mythified war history and engaged in historical settlement, paving the way for deep reconciliation after the Cold War
“American Conspiracy: Strategic Suspicion And U.S. Reengagement In Asia.”, Zheng Wang
“American Conspiracy: Strategic Suspicion And U.S. Reengagement In Asia.”, Zheng Wang
Zheng Wang
No abstract provided.
Competing Narratives, Identity Politics, And Cross-Strait Reconciliation, Yinan He
Competing Narratives, Identity Politics, And Cross-Strait Reconciliation, Yinan He
Yinan He
After nearly 60 years of political confrontation, hopes for cross-Taiwan Strait reconciliation have run high since the traditionally pro-unification Nationalist Party (the Kuomingtang, KMT) returned to power in Taiwan in May 2008. However, obstacles to reconciliation remain daunting, due to a fundamental disjuncture between the ideological beliefs of the two sides, in particular because China and Taiwan still lack a shared memory of Taiwanese history that can serve as the foundation for their reconciliation. This article examines a wide variety of sources from Taiwan and China over recent decades. It illustrates their conspicuous memory gap over the history of the …
Economic Ideas And Development Strategy: The Case Of London Ontario, Neil Bradford
Economic Ideas And Development Strategy: The Case Of London Ontario, Neil Bradford
Neil Bradford
The past two decades in Canada have witnessed significant economic restructuring and public policy innovation. While most research concentrates on federal recovery plans and provincial adjustment strategies, this article makes the case for studying actors and places on the restructuring front lines. Offering an ideational analysis of change dynamics in London, Ontario, a mid-sized manufacturing city, the article reveals a pattern of incremental policy adjustment even as bold ideas contesting the status quo were brought forward. Arguing that particular institutional-political settings operative at different governance scales shape the policy influence of ideas, the article situates the London experience in broader …
Canadian Social Policy In The 2000s: Bringing Place In, Neil Bradford
Canadian Social Policy In The 2000s: Bringing Place In, Neil Bradford
Neil Bradford
No abstract provided.
Old Wounds, New Narratives: Joint History Textbook Writing And Peacebuilding In East Asia, Zheng Wang
Old Wounds, New Narratives: Joint History Textbook Writing And Peacebuilding In East Asia, Zheng Wang
Zheng Wang
No abstract provided.
Learning Through Evaluation? Reflections On Two Federal Community-Building Initiatives, Neil Bradford, Jill Chouinard
Learning Through Evaluation? Reflections On Two Federal Community-Building Initiatives, Neil Bradford, Jill Chouinard
Neil Bradford
In recent years, the federal government has launched numerous pilot projects to tackle complex, localized policy problems through new modes of governance involving vertical engagement with community-based organizations and horizontal collaboration across departments. A key purpose of these time-limited projects is policy learning, with an emphasis on action research and stakeholder dialogue to inform future innovation. However, realizing the possibilities for learning through pilot projects requires evaluation frameworks sensitive to the particular challenges of collaborative and community-based policy making. Through comparative case study analysis of two recent federal pilot projects, we highlight tensions in prevailing approaches and explore strategies for …
National Humiliation, History Education, And The Politics Of Historical Memory, Zheng Wang
National Humiliation, History Education, And The Politics Of Historical Memory, Zheng Wang
Zheng Wang
No abstract provided.
Ripe For Cooperation Or Rivalry? Commerce, Realpolitik, And War Memory In Contemporary Sino-Japanese Relations, Yinan He
Yinan He
Sino-Japanese political relations, fraught with disputes and tension during the Koizumi years, only began to recover after Abe came to power. This article investigates the driving forces shaping recent and future bilateral relations. Using evidence from the Koizumi era, I argue that 1) bilateral commercial links prove a weak stabilizing factor for political relations; 2) the current distribution of power between China and Japan does not dictate their strategic rivalry, but they may still treat each other as rivals if they perceive the danger of longterm power transition and mutual hostile intent; 3) the frequent flare-up of bilateral history disputes …
History, Chinese Nationalism And The Emerging Sino-Japanese Conflict, Yinan He
History, Chinese Nationalism And The Emerging Sino-Japanese Conflict, Yinan He
Yinan He
Anti-Japanese popular nationalism is rising high in China today. Little evidence to date proves that it is officially orchestrated. Nonetheless, Chinese popular nationalism still has deep roots in the state’s history propaganda which has implanted pernicious myths in the national collective memory. Fueling mistrust and exacerbating a mutual threat perception, popular nationalism could be a catalyst for future Sino – Japanese conflict over the Taiwan problem, island disputes, and maritime resource competition. The increasingly liberalized but often biased Chinese media, the role of nationalist sub-elites, and the government’s accommodation have all contributed to the strength of anti-Japanese nationalism, which cannot …
Remembering And Forgetting The War: Elite Mythmaking, Mass Reaction, And Sino-Japanese Relations, 1950-2006, Yinan He
Yinan He
Ruling elites often make pernicious national myths for instrumental purposes, creating divergent historical memories of the same events in different countries. But they tend to exploit international history disputes only when they feel insecure domestically. Societal reactions to elite mythmaking, reflected in radicalized public opinion, can reinforce history disputes. During the 1950s–1970s, China avoided history disputes with Japan to focus on geostrategic interests. Only from the early 1980s did domestic political incentives motivate Beijing to attack Japanese historical memory and promote assertive nationalism through patriotic history propaganda, which radicalized Chinese popular views about Japan. Media highlighting of Japan’s historical revisionism …
Placing Social Policy? Reflections On Canada’S New Deal For Cities And Communities, Neil Bradford
Placing Social Policy? Reflections On Canada’S New Deal For Cities And Communities, Neil Bradford
Neil Bradford
This article analyses the New Deal for Cities and Communities pursued by the federal Liberal government between 2004 and 2006. Situating the initiative in broader urban policy debates about the merits of place-based interventions in tackling problems of poverty and exclusion, it is argued that the New Deal represented a novel attempt at "interscalar policy coordination" within Canadian federalism. Three specific policy tools are identified as central to the New Deal framework-municipal revenue transfers; urban development agreements; and community action research. To understand the New Deal's impact, the implementation of these tools is explored in the context of the City …
Culture, Apology, And International Negotiation: The Case Of The Sino-U.S. ‘Spy Plane’ Crisis, Zheng Wang
Culture, Apology, And International Negotiation: The Case Of The Sino-U.S. ‘Spy Plane’ Crisis, Zheng Wang
Zheng Wang
No abstract provided.
Place Matters And Multi-Level Governance: Perspectives On A New Urban Policy Paradigm, Neil Bradford
Place Matters And Multi-Level Governance: Perspectives On A New Urban Policy Paradigm, Neil Bradford
Neil Bradford
No abstract provided.
The Floating Island: Change Of Paradigm On The Taiwan Question, Zheng Wang
The Floating Island: Change Of Paradigm On The Taiwan Question, Zheng Wang
Zheng Wang
No abstract provided.
Public-Private Partnership? Shifting Paradigms Of Economic Governance In Ontario, Neil Bradford
Public-Private Partnership? Shifting Paradigms Of Economic Governance In Ontario, Neil Bradford
Neil Bradford
In recent years, many governments have embraced new modes of economic governance that rely on public-private partnerships. These forms of governance effectively devolve authority and responsibility from the state, and instead rely on the policy networks found in civil society. This article argues that despite the general enthusiasm for such decentralized collaboration, there is significant variation in its meaning and practice. Comparing the public-private partnership strategies of two governments in Ontario in the 1990s, the article analyzes the origins and progress of two distinctive governance paradigms, looking for signs of economic innovation. The case studies demonstrate that each of the …
Renewing Social Democracy? Beyond The Third Way, Neil Bradford
Renewing Social Democracy? Beyond The Third Way, Neil Bradford
Neil Bradford
No abstract provided.
Writing Public Philosophy: Canada's Royal Commissions On Everything, Neil Bradford
Writing Public Philosophy: Canada's Royal Commissions On Everything, Neil Bradford
Neil Bradford
This article explores the contributions to Canadian policy development and policy thought of three royal commissions of political-economic inquiry: the 1940 Royal Commission on Dominion-Provincial Relations; the 1958 Royal Commission on Canada's Economic Prospects; and the 1985 Royal Commission on the Economic Union and Development Prospects for Canada. Each commission is examined through tree areas of concern: The context for its appointment, the content of its report and the nature of its subsequent influence.
The Policy Influence Of Ideas: Interests, Institutions And Innovation In Canada, Neil Bradford
The Policy Influence Of Ideas: Interests, Institutions And Innovation In Canada, Neil Bradford
Neil Bradford
No abstract provided.
Prospects For Associative Governance: Lessons From Ontario, Canada, Neil Bradford
Prospects For Associative Governance: Lessons From Ontario, Canada, Neil Bradford
Neil Bradford
The writer considers the prospects for the strategic construction of associative governance in liberal politics and capitalistic economies, taking as an example Ontario, Canada, which is one of North America's leading associative democratic laboratories. He examines innovative dynamics in three discrete but interrelated fields that constituted the policy foundation of an effort undertaken between 1985 and 1995 to build a new partnership-based governance regime mandated to put in place a diversifies quality production restructuring project. The fields that he explores are occupational health and safety, labor market training, and industrial development. He points out that the outcome of Ontario's experiment …
Which Ideas Matter When? From Technocratic Keynesianism To Neo-Liberalism, Neil Bradford
Which Ideas Matter When? From Technocratic Keynesianism To Neo-Liberalism, Neil Bradford
Neil Bradford
No abstract provided.