The implementation of agricultural policy in China: an actor-oriented perspective
2011
To date, most studies on policy implementation have been conducted from either a
top-down or bottom-up perspective. Both approaches have limitations for analyzing
policy process, especially in complex, multi-actor or networked circumstances
(O’Toole, 2004). To better reflect the changing process of policy implementation, and
reveal the interaction of different interest groups, this study uses an actor-oriented
perspective to analyze a state- led agricultural policy initiative in the Qinglin County
of Hebei Province, China. We conclude that policy implementation is a social process
which is constantly being negotiated. Power shifts and re-distribution of policy
resources emerge stemming from the strategies and practices devised by different
social actors. Based on these findings, we suggest that for a given policy, policy
design only plays a limited role towards the desired goal, so do the policy
implementation rules. As an important complement, monitoring and supervising
mechanism should be introduced into policy implementation process, whereby the
actions taken by various social actors at the local level can be responded duly under
the supervision. Thus, the uncertainty of policy will be dealt with targeted and timely
rather than being set aside until to the end, which is too late.
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