Fragmentation, Centralisation and Policy Learning: An Example from China’s Wind Industry
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http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2393359Utgivelsesdato
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China aktuell - Journal of Current Chinese Affairs 2014, 3:175-205Sammendrag
This paper seeks to understand what government mechanisms
have allowed China’s wind industry to grow as fast as it has over
the past ten years. Instead of formal rules and regulations, this paper
focuses on specific sets of institutional conditions that have been
crucial in the process of high-speed implementation of wind energy
in China. Specifically, fragmentation and centralisation, together with
policy experimentation and policy learning, have been fundamental
for policy flexibility and institutional adaptability. The paper illustrates
that there are benefits and disadvantages to these characteristics, and
that inherent qualities of China’s governing system that lead to rapid
growth overlap with those that lead to challenges in terms of quality
and long-term performance