Scholars credit policy experimentation with China's economic reforms and authoritarian
resilience. This article traces the evolution of experimentation through the prism of varying …

Despite playing a key contributing role in China's economic reforms and the Party's regime
durability, there has been a noted reduction in local policy experimentation. Using semi …

In this article, I address the puzzle of what motivates local officials in China to do something
new—create a new policy, launch a pilot, adopt an experimental policy—especially when …

In the last three decades, China has taken actions to tackle its environmental issues while
the tension between policymakers at the central level and decentralized implementation of …

This article examines the role of participatory governance innovations in China. The purpose
is twofold. First, it seeks to explore the logic and dynamics behind participatory innovations …

There is no better time than now to take stock of the trajectory of “democratic innovations” in
Western democracies, amidst the burgeoning clamour of democratic dissatisfaction and the …

Studies on Chinese politics frequently utilize the safety valve analogy to describe various
political decisions that allow space for feedback and challenges. Drawing upon these …

Abstract In the Xi Jinping era of rising central power and reduced local autonomy, is there
still room for policy experimentation? If any, what is the nature of this innovative behavior …

Studies of local governance in China often point to nimble experimentation but problematic
implementation. To reconcile these competing images, it is useful to clarify the concepts of …

Woo investigates examples of the Chinese government using methods normally associated
with deliberative democracy to involve their citizenry in decision-making at a sub-national …