Policy Entrepreneurship, Policy Diffusion and Transboundary Environmental Regulation: Evidence from Southern China

Frederick Lee and Vivian H. Y. Chu

Mondes en développement, 2017, vol. n° 177, issue 1, 13-27

Abstract: Tackling transboundary marine emissions in Southern China is highly problematic because of the asymmetrical governance styles adopted by Hong Kong and mainland Chinese governments. HK-based policy entrepreneurs have used the opportunities afforded by their network governance approach to make initial headway in controlling marine and port-related emissions. Their further efforts to build a transboundary regulatory regime have been thwarted by mainland China?s top-down hierarchical mode of governance. It is demonstrated that the outcome of policy entrepreneurs? actions is highly contingent upon some larger institutional parameters.

Keywords: Governance; Marine Emission; Transboundary Pollution; Environmental Regulation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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