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Great Policies Strategic Innovations in Asia and the Pacific Basin

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Edited by John D. Montgomery and Dennis A. Rondinelli

Under the auspices of the Pacific Basin Research Center

ISBN: 0-275-95398-X

ISBN-13: 978-0-275-95398-0

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272 pages

Praeger Paperback

Publication: 11/30/1995

List Price: $39.95 (UK Sterling Price: £22.95)

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Trim Size: 6 1/8 X 9 1/4

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[I]ntended for use in public policy courses....The case studies in the book are interesting examples of strategic policy innovations, an important area of policy studies....As well as the intrinsic interest in the case studies and the analysis of policy innovation, the work draws attention to the increasing importance of comparative studies as an accepted area of academic interest within the broad field of international studies.
—Political Studies

Description: This book describes 11 "great policies"--strategic innovations designed to deal with problems that transcend normal boundaries of government action. Examples range from the Marshall Plan in the U.S. to the "reverse brain-drain" policy in China, and from the financing of land reform by the distribution of industrial bonds in Taiwan to exploration of community natural resource management in Latin America. These actions did not emerge incrementally from existing policies, but represented departures from conventional organizations and sectoral responsibilities. Although such strategic innovations are rare, these examples suggest that when they do occur, they are recognizably different from policies that develop incrementally. They create new paradigms of public action, they generate new expectations and demands, and they require extraodinary processes of implementation. Such "mega-policies" imply the possibility of developing transferable lessons from otherwise unique cases. These "mega-policies" range from economic growth strategies to social initiatives and from international economic transactions to technical exchanges. Dealing with policy interactions like these provokes tension between tradition and innovation and calls for sustained political involvement and experimental approaches to administration. Often mega-policies arise from a transforming vision or a coherent strategic view of the future. Although they represent departures from conventional governance, these cases were not driven by ideological preconceptions or by the personal vision of a charismatic leader. They frequently emerged from bureaucratic frustrations with the inability of traditional jurisdictions to deal with unconventional crises. Their very dependence on administrative innovation exposed them to especially virulent forms of bureaucratic turf warfare, which in turn called for dynamic, but constant political leadership. This work will be of great interest to scholars and policy makers involved with economic and social change, and Asian/Pacific and Third World Studies.

Table of Contents:

Beyond "Good" Policies by John D. Montgomery
The Original Megapolicy: America's Marshall Plan by John Orme
Growth with Equity Megapolicies in Taiwan: Land Reform and Export-led Growth by John Orme
Strategic Notions and Great Policies: Reflections on Taiwan's Experience with Economic Transformation by Bruce F. Johnston and Albert Park
Japan Jets International: Implementing Innovations in Educational Policy by David L. McConnell
Reversing China's Brain Drain: The Study-Abroad Policy, 1987-1993 by Paul Englesberg
Intended Consequences, Unintended Means: Thailand's Accelerated Rural Development Policy by Fred R. von der Mehden
Agro-Industrial Development Policies in Korea, 1910-1970 by Vijaya Ramachandran
From Marx to Markets: China's Economic Reforms as a Megapolicy by Shang-Jin Wei
Energy Conservation as a Megapolicy: The Case of China by Lin Gan
Japan's Official Development Assistance to China: A Bilateral Megapolicy by Quansheng Zhao
Community Natural Resource Management Policies in Colombia and Mexico by William Ascher
Processes of Strategic Innovation: The Dynamics of Decision Making in the Evolution of Great Policies by Dennis A. Rondinelli
Index

LC Card Number: 95-13915

LCC Class: H97

Dewey Class: 320


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