Faced with unprecedented socioeconomic changes, China has increasingly embraced collaborative governance (CG), the sharing of power and discretion between and within public, private, and nonprofit sectors for public purposes. This book analyzes new areas of CG development such as environmental protection, disaster response, and infrastructure.

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Bin Chen, Baruch College of the City University of New York, USA and Tongji University, China Beilei Yang, Shanghai Tongji University, China Shanshan Zou, Tongji University, China Helen Liu, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Berthold Kuhn, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany Lihua Yang, Beihang University, China Jesper Schlæger, Sichuan University, China Mingfeng Kuo, Sichuan University, China Chun-yuan Wang, Taiwan Central Police University, Taiwan Tzung-Shiun Li, Taiwan Central Police University, Taiwan Guangjian Xu, Renmin University, China Ying Wu, Renmin University, China Jie Ma, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, China Liming Suo, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, China Elaine Yi Lu, City University of New York, USA

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Table of Contents List of illustrations Introduction The Road to Collaborative Governance in China: An Introduction; Yijia Jing PART I: COLLABORATIVE SERVICE DELIVERY 1. Network Structure, Resource Exchange and Motivations of Partnerships in a Community-Based Elderly Care Network; Bin Chen, Beilei Yang, and Shanshan Zou 2. The Challenges of Implementing Collaborative Governance in Hong Kong: Case Study of A Low-Income Family Community ; Helen Liu and Bin Chen PART II: PARTNERSHIPS IN POLICY AND MANAGEMENT 3. Policies, Collaboration and Partnerships for Climate Protection in China ; Berthold Kuhn 4. Developing a Multi-collaborative Governance System: A Meta-analysis for the Inner Mongolia Grassland Region; Lihua Yang 5. Collaboration in China's E-Government: A Cultural-Theory Analysis; Jesper Schlæger 6. Collaborative Disaster Management: Lessons from Taiwan Local Governments; Mingfeng Kuo, Chun-yuan Wang, Yan-yi Chang, and Tzung-Shiun Li 7. A Study on Collaboration between Government and Enterprises in Construction and Operation of China's Highway; Guangjian Xu and Ying Wu PART III: INTERGOVERNMENTAL AND INTERPERSONAL NETWORKS 8. China's Regional Networked Governance: The Case of '9+2' Networks of Interlocal Agreements; Bin Chen, Jie Ma, and Liming Suo 9. Public Decisions In Private Networks: The Implication Of Networking Upward, Downward And Outward Relations For Decision Making In China; Elaine Yi Lu