Purpose The paper sets out to understand the key issues that the various functions and
optimal allocation of NGOs (non-governmental organizations) in the circular economy that …

Contracting of social services has been adopted in China as an innovation in welfare
provision. This article reviews the emerging literature on contracting of services to social …

China and Vietnam have experienced waves of labour and welfare reform since both
countries shifted to market socialism, pursuing a development model that depends on the …

China's practice of contracting out social services raises two related questions. The first one
seeks to determine “the contractual relationship” between the Chinese government and its …

This article provides a qualitative examination of two cases of Participatory Budgeting (PB)
in Shanghai–a long-running PB initiative in Minhang District, organised in cooperation with …

As two major powers that are willing to lead the design and evolution of the global climate
regime, the EU and China have maintained a dialogue on climate change and biodiversity …

This study is set out against the broader socio‐political economy context, in which China
searches for better social governance to improve service delivery catering to the soaring …

Unlike most books which consider China's transformation and globalization over the last four
decades by focusing on China's economic growth, this book examines how the Chinese …

This chapter aims, firstly, to conduct a literature review on the agency theory, which is the
core theory of corporate governance, and secondly, to further strengthen the theory. It is the …

This article investigates how the representations of smart home build upon gendered
narratives of home as a carescape in the Chinese market on the basis of a qualitative …