The politics of expertise in China

Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Puzzles on expert involvement -- Relevant theoretical issues -- Theory on knowledge utilisation -- Expert involvement theory -- Theory on citizen participation -- Study on the policy process in China -- Chinese stakeholders -- A new perspective: expert involvement theory based on policy changes -- Basic model for expert behaviours -- Attributes of policy changes -- Research design and comparative cases -- Notes -- Chapter 2: Outside-in enlightenment -- Urban medical and healthcare system -- The first stage: exploring methods to improve the economic management of hospitals (from 1979 to the end of 1980s) -- The second stage: exploring the direction of marketisation (1990s) -- The third stage: the leading role of the socialist market economy (1996-2005) -- The fourth stage: a new round of medical reforms (from 2005-the present) -- Stakeholder analysis -- Official stakeholders -- Expert involvement with outside-in enlightenment -- Experts promoted their agenda via outside-in enlightenment -- '9 + 1' alternatives by research institutes -- Different views of experts -- The new medical reform programme under balanced views -- Notes -- Chapter 3: Linear consultation -- Rural cooperative medical care system -- Development history of cooperative medical care in China -- Implementation instance of the NCMS in China since 2004 -- Stakeholder analysis -- Involvement of relevant agencies -- Interests of related participants -- Embeddedness of the stakeholders -- Expert involvement with linear consultation -- Notes -- Chapter 4: Locked-out -- Policy on affordable housing -- Evolution of the affordable housing policy (1998-2009) -- Problems during the implementation of the affordable housing policy